Is She Gravid

[1 LARA]

Is this Female Gravid.

 

[Mouth-Brooder-Fanatic]

which one? x

 

[1 LARA]

This one

 

[Mouth-Brooder-Fanatic]

no sorry. i think its badly bloated from either overfeeding or an illness x

 

[Mouth-Brooder-Fanatic]

these fish dont give birth to live fry and when they have lots of eggs they dont tend to get that big.
have a look at dropsy or bloat diseases on google

 

[1 LARA]

She been like that for a while
She is a Zebra Danio

 

[Mouth-Brooder-Fanatic]

i understood that, but when my zebras spawned a few years ago thye hardly got much bigger than the males and gave alot of eggs. when i got bored of the tank at the time and hardly changed the water, a few got bloated like this or got a similar disease and died off along with a few guppies.
what are your parameters? how often do u do a pwc and what water percentage? xx

 

[1 LARA]

PWC a week half of about 30 gal of my 75 gal
pH 7.6
Amonia 0
Nitrates Less then 40

 

[Mouth-Brooder-Fanatic]

the nitrates are a little high, should be preferably be below 25 ppm. however, they shouldnt technically be the cause of the bloat if they are under 40. how much/ often are you feeding?
does the fish behave lethargically at all or is it feeding well?

 

[1 LARA]

feed 2wic a day
enough to be eatn in under 3 minuets

 

[Mouth-Brooder-Fanatic]

maybe you could try ffeding once a day and see if it goes down? are the other danios nudging her alot as if they want to breed with her?

 

[1 LARA]

yes and she chases them
sometimes the male guppies nudge her

 

[Mouth-Brooder-Fanatic]

lol. is there anyway to get a better pic? it looks very bloated but it could be the angle x

 

[1 LARA]

Are these better

 

[Mouth-Brooder-Fanatic]

thats not breeding bloat imo. thats a big bloat that looks dropsy-like bloat. maybe it would be worth qt it? for a little while?