Do egglayers get "gravid" - Aquarium Advice

Puriti · 09-01-2005, 08:06 AM

I was looking in my tank one of my zebra danios has an abnormally fat stomach, mind you i do have females and males and they do knock the females up, and I'm looking to see if it has dropsy but it really just looks like the scales are being stretched and it's swimming normally, it's schooling, so I'm thinking it's just fat or pregnant... so I was wondering if it is pregnant if egglayers get really fat before they lay eggs

mr86mister · 09-01-2005, 09:58 AM

oh they do, then the next day they look normal again...but she could also be constipated so just keep an eye out

Puriti · 09-01-2005, 11:06 AM

I shall, but I don't think she is cuz I usually feed them peas 3 nights a week (or at least I'm trying ...I did it last week lol)

Toirtis · 09-01-2005, 11:08 AM

"gravid" is just the proper term for 'pregnant", no matter if it is a viviparous or oviviparous animal.

Puriti · 09-01-2005, 11:10 AM

yeah but I mean like... get REALLY fat before they lay their eggs, I don't normally watch my egg layers being pregnant because they move too fricken fast! And I'm always alert for dropsy since I had 2 have it, I saved one of the zebra danios which are one of the ones in my tank but pregnant danios aren't exactly my expertise lol I've never seen the eggs, just the fry.

TomK2 · 09-01-2005, 11:45 AM

If I remember a post months ago about breeding danios, the advice was to take a female who was obviously gravid, put her in a tank with gravel bottome with multiple males, and the males would follow her in a train fertilizing the eggs behind her as she scattered them. If this info was correct, the timing of the spawn can be anticipated by the plumpness of the female. So yes, females to bulge when full of eggs.

Puriti · 09-01-2005, 11:56 AM

I don't want to keep the babies though, I was just curious lol thanks! ^^

jrp1588 · 09-01-2005, 06:11 PM

My danios spawned several times, quite a show actually. lol. sadly nothing ever came of it. My loach ate all the eggs I think. *points evil-ly at loach with bared teeth*

Puriti · 09-01-2005, 06:17 PM

I've never seen any of my fish lay eggs/give birth, they're just...there when I notice them lol *pokes Chris's evil monkey that lives in his closet which now jrp has obtained power to* lol

jrp1588 · 09-01-2005, 06:28 PM

He he, gotta love the evil monkey.

09-01-2005, 08:06 AM	#1
Puriti Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,596	Do egglayers get "gravid" I was looking in my tank one of my zebra danios has an abnormally fat stomach, mind you i do have females and males and they do knock the females up, and I'm looking to see if it has dropsy but it really just looks like the scales are being stretched and it's swimming normally, it's schooling, so I'm thinking it's just fat or pregnant... so I was wondering if it is pregnant if egglayers get really fat before they lay eggs

09-01-2005, 09:58 AM	#2
mr86mister Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: May 2005 Location: East Syracuse, NY Posts: 775 Images: 27	oh they do, then the next day they look normal again...but she could also be constipated so just keep an eye out __________________ 20G High Semi-Aggressive, 5G Community 46 Bowfront Reef Tank, 2.5 Salwater Picotope 1.1 Normal Ball Pythons 3 Cats, 1 Choc. Lab, 1 Lop-Eared Bunny

09-01-2005, 11:08 AM	#4
Toirtis Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,768	"gravid" is just the proper term for 'pregnant", no matter if it is a viviparous or oviviparous animal. __________________ G. A. Christian Bilou, Zoologist/Writer Founder/Director, Reptile Rescue Alberta Vice-President, Calgary Aquarium Society www.calgaryaquariumsociety.com Polypterid/Primitive Fish/Ctenopoma/Catfish Fanatic 62 Aquariums, 2200+ total gallons, Aquarist since 1971.

09-01-2005, 11:45 AM	#6
TomK2 Aquarium Advice Addict Community Mentor Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Glen Ellyn, IL Posts: 1,953 Images: 2	If I remember a post months ago about breeding danios, the advice was to take a female who was obviously gravid, put her in a tank with gravel bottome with multiple males, and the males would follow her in a train fertilizing the eggs behind her as she scattered them. If this info was correct, the timing of the spawn can be anticipated by the plumpness of the female. So yes, females to bulge when full of eggs. __________________ Tom's Tank - The web's best (only?) Motorcycling, trap shootin', aquarium site - IS BACK! With a new url. Oceanic 55+,two Fluval 404's,In-line 300W heater,Moderately planted with Polyvinylus Chloridus sp.=the only plants that last in my tank

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09-01-2005, 11:06 AM	#3
Puriti Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,596	I shall, but I don't think she is cuz I usually feed them peas 3 nights a week (or at least I'm trying ...I did it last week lol)

09-01-2005, 11:10 AM	#5
Puriti Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,596	yeah but I mean like... get REALLY fat before they lay their eggs, I don't normally watch my egg layers being pregnant because they move too fricken fast! And I'm always alert for dropsy since I had 2 have it, I saved one of the zebra danios which are one of the ones in my tank but pregnant danios aren't exactly my expertise lol I've never seen the eggs, just the fry.

09-01-2005, 11:56 AM	#7
Puriti Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,596	I don't want to keep the babies though, I was just curious lol thanks! ^^

09-01-2005, 06:17 PM	#9
Puriti Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: May 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,596	I've never seen any of my fish lay eggs/give birth, they're just...there when I notice them lol pokes Chris's evil monkey that lives in his closet which now jrp has obtained power to lol

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