Black skirt tetra

[Darylb]

Hey guys just wondering if anyone has bred black skirt tetras and how hard they are? I think on of mine might be pregnant it's really fat compared to the others

 

[Bubbles0oO]

I dot know much about breeding them, but the fatter tetra may be full of eggs , as tetras are egg layers. Good luck anyways!

 

[pcdebb]

black skirts are scatterers. Had three in a tank, then one day we saw a smaller one. dont know who was the parents, but the eggs were probably eaten by the others. I tried real hard to find info on their breeding but didn't find much.

 

[Darylb]

Thanks I do t think they will last long in my tank if they drop the eggs on the gravel my kuhli loaches will probably eat them

 

[Buu]

Did it turn out that she had eggs? My white skirt girl has always been a bit bigger than rest, but noticed more rounder here lately! I think she has eggs but so little info out there about em!

 

[Darylb]

No sadly my girl died she got chased by a molly and got stuck behind a filter inlet but i got another female now

 

[Buu]

No sadly my girl died she got chased by a molly and got stuck behind a filter inlet but i got another female now

I'm sorry to hear that! I'm so confused about rather mine has eggs or not. I can't believe there isn't a book/info with pictures out there about it by now!

 

[Goldfish loach boy]

Female black skirts are fatter by nature once they are sexually mature, the males will stay smaller and skinnier, they do look a bit fat, but anything abnormal is probably pregnancy