Is my figure 8 puffer pregnant?

[jahonnimyfav101]

My lps said she was sry about the pic she is crazy

 

[Istrom]

I'm no expert it puffers, let alone salt water, but she looks pregnant. And if she's freaking out, that's another sign that she'd be pregnant. I would say yes, but don't try to change anything for her. If she is, nature will do its job. If she isn't, no big deal

 

[jahonnimyfav101]

Ok and she is freaking out

 

[Istrom]

Unless she starts attacking other fish or starts being attacked it's probably just fine to leave her be.

 

[jahonnimyfav101]

She is by her self I just bought her and they Said she was preg

 

[Pamiam]

I do not want to rain on your parade but most figure 8 Puffers do not breed in captivity, it is an extreme rarity... it is probably just well feed

 

[jahonnimyfav101]

Other ones that were there had baby's tho

 

[severum mama]

No. Puffers are egglayers. As such, they can NOT become "pregnant" because fertilization of the eggs occurs outside the fish's body.

If there were young puffers in the tank in the store, it's because they came in with the other puffers, just at different sizes. Little is known about the breeding habits of this species, and instances of captive breeding are exceedingly rare.

It's pretty safe to say that a male/female pair of puffers is not going to breed in a hobbyist's tank... But with only one puffer in the tank, I can say this with 100% certainty.

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[jahonnimyfav101]

It is preg it had its eggs!!!!!!!!!!

 

[bribo12]

It is preg it had its eggs!!!!!!!!!!

Like Severum mama said they need to be externally fertilized. If it actually did lay eggs, they're unfertilized. Got any pics?

 

[jahonnimyfav101]

Yea I'll send one water is red cuz of wood

 

[severum mama]

That's a fungus on the driftwood (very common to see), not eggs.

Like I said before, it is a biological impossibility for your puffer to produce offspring on its own. Absolutely a 0% chance.

 

[jahonnimyfav101]

Not trying to make any one mad but I watched her lay some of them and I think you are kinda jelous

 

[bribo12]

Not trying to make any one mad but I watched her lay some of them and I think you are kinda jelous

No, eggs look like eggs...that looks like fungus. It is a huge mass too. They lay individual eggs.

 

[jahonnimyfav101]

No they don't I was just litely doing recerch

 

[jahonnimyfav101]

We'll then how come I watched her lay them explane that please

 

[bribo12]

I just looked it up as well and the tiny but of info that showed their eggs looked like eggs...

 

[bribo12]

We'll then how come I watched her lay them explane that please

Did the milky substance come out of the puff?

 

[jahonnimyfav101]

Ohhhh ok id rather take advice from u then the other person dang that sucks

 

[jahonnimyfav101]

Ohhhh yeah it looked milkey