tetras - Aquarium Advice

ryan · 03-14-2006, 09:04 PM

is my tetra going to lay eggs its a neon tetra that i got and it is fatter then all the others and it isnt sick is it pregnant? if so when will it lay eggs ?

dskidmore · 03-15-2006, 06:47 PM

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=breeding+tetras

Tetras are egg layers, but the eggs are not fertilized until after they are laid. Not too long after eggs are laid and fertilized (assuming you have a male to fertilize them), the parents will take interest in eating thier own eggs. It takes quite a bit of pre-planning to get those eggs to surive and grow into healthy babies.

Could you post a picture of the fish? How is it behaving? Do the scales look healthy? Sometimes plumpness is a sign of illness, sometimes it's pregnancy, sometimes it's just a fat fish.

ryan · 03-15-2006, 08:09 PM

everytrhing on the fish is fine. it is behaving like the rest. there is about 2 fish like this they are both female.

dskidmore · 03-15-2006, 08:40 PM

As long as it's behaving fine, and doesn't seem encumbered by it's size, I wouldn't worry about a bit of chubbiness.

ryan · 03-16-2006, 10:34 AM

my female neon tetra was swimming around then i noticed that a bunch of whitish clear specs fell from her are these eggs?

03-14-2006, 09:04 PM	#1
ryan Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: pickering, ontario Posts: 378	tetras is my tetra going to lay eggs its a neon tetra that i got and it is fatter then all the others and it isnt sick is it pregnant? if so when will it lay eggs ?

03-15-2006, 06:47 PM	#2
dskidmore Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Genesee Valley Posts: 2,292 Images: 1	http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=breeding+tetras Tetras are egg layers, but the eggs are not fertilized until after they are laid. Not too long after eggs are laid and fertilized (assuming you have a male to fertilize them), the parents will take interest in eating thier own eggs. It takes quite a bit of pre-planning to get those eggs to surive and grow into healthy babies. Could you post a picture of the fish? How is it behaving? Do the scales look healthy? Sometimes plumpness is a sign of illness, sometimes it's pregnancy, sometimes it's just a fat fish. __________________ 75 gallon freshwater Baby shrimp sighted! 2.5 Gallon unpowered freshwater now with high light 0.25 gallon palmtop doomed to an unlit end?

03-15-2006, 08:40 PM	#4
dskidmore Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Genesee Valley Posts: 2,292 Images: 1	As long as it's behaving fine, and doesn't seem encumbered by it's size, I wouldn't worry about a bit of chubbiness. __________________ 75 gallon freshwater Baby shrimp sighted! 2.5 Gallon unpowered freshwater now with high light 0.25 gallon palmtop doomed to an unlit end?

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03-15-2006, 08:09 PM	#3
ryan Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: pickering, ontario Posts: 378	everytrhing on the fish is fine. it is behaving like the rest. there is about 2 fish like this they are both female.

03-16-2006, 10:34 AM	#5
ryan Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: pickering, ontario Posts: 378	my female neon tetra was swimming around then i noticed that a bunch of whitish clear specs fell from her are these eggs?