and do they lay eggs or babies
2006-10-17 11:32:19 · 16 answers · asked by graftonbabe 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
Goldfish are egg layers not livebearers.
The female lays the eggs in a cluster and the male fertilizes them by swimming over them and releasing sperm.
During breeding season, the male goldfish will develop tiny lumps behind the gills called tubercles. This signifies he is ready to fertilize eggs.
Female goldfish that are pregnant will have a very distended abdomen and will look very fat. After a few days they will lay the eggs. Once the eggs hatch the parents and other fish in the tank will not tend to the fry and in some cases will readily eat them, so they have to be separated from the young.
2006-10-18 03:55:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pregnant Gold Fish
2017-01-02 11:31:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Goldfish don't get pregnant, they are egg layers.
I couldn't tell either time that my female was full of eggs. They can get a little bigger but you can only tell by looking at them from the top down. And it's not hard at all to breed goldfish, both times they did it all on their own and they live in a tank. I actually had to separate them cause I don't want them to breed anymore.
2006-10-17 11:44:46 · answer #3 · answered by Nunya Biznis 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's unlikely, if you're a beginner like me the same thing happened. Since i bought my fish at walmart they were extremely small and skinny and were probably only months old. When i got them home they settled down quickly and the next day they ate like crazy, a little pinch was gone in 5-10 seconds. They eat so much they can't control themselves which is why the belly forms. Overtime they'll slim out and become extremely healthy and that's most likely exactly what happened with you.
2016-03-18 23:18:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Goldfish don't get pregnant. If the conditions are right, the female lays the eggs and then male then fertilises them with their sperm around the fishtank. The eggs that will would hatch are opaque, the clear ones are infertile. If this happens, remove the eggs and house them in there own little fish tank, as the adult fish will eat them thinking they are food.
2006-10-17 11:43:41 · answer #5 · answered by Adrianna 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Most fish, including goldfish do not carry live young - only the eggs.
It is well known to be extremely difficult to breed your own goldfish and even if yours did lay eggs there is very little chance of any of them hatching.
2006-10-17 11:46:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Fish don't "get pregnant." The female lays eggs.
A bloated goldfish is either overfed (fat, to be more blunt) or sick/bloated. Or both. Don't overfeed the poor thing.
2006-10-17 11:36:24 · answer #7 · answered by Laurie Jennifer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2017-03-02 07:50:03 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if they are yours then did you put opposite sexes together? if you did then they may behave uncharacteristicallly for a few weeks, trying to make a nest and gather food, that sort of stuff, so check them carefully for sighns of enlargement and random eggs dropping out
2006-10-19 02:49:21 · answer #9 · answered by Chunkylover53 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the female will look larger when viewed from the top and they lay eggs usually on the leaves of the plants , if you have snails in the tank ,you wont get any babies as the snails eat the eggs..
can end up with 3-4 out of 30 eggs if your lucky..
they do breed in tanks as i have bred them
2006-10-17 22:23:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋