I've searched the internets and haven't been able to find much on how a gravid tiger barb behaves. I have 7 (5 tiger, 2 green) and took out what I think is a gravid female and put her in my 20 gallon tank. A few days later I put a male in the tank with her. Now she hides by the heater all the time and is often swimming vertically (nose pointed toward floor). She eats and swims around sometimes though, just not very often.
I'm wondering if the male is stressing her out and she's trying to hide or if there's something else I should be worried about or if this is normal. I also have 3 platy fry in the tank in a breeders net that are all very healthy so I don't think I have water issues. Any help is appreciated. An overall description of normal gravid tiger barb behavior and mating behavior would help a lot.
I'm wondering if the male is stressing her out and she's trying to hide or if there's something else I should be worried about or if this is normal. I also have 3 platy fry in the tank in a breeders net that are all very healthy so I don't think I have water issues. Any help is appreciated. An overall description of normal gravid tiger barb behavior and mating behavior would help a lot.
