Please help! My beta fish(which I don't know is a male or female) has a big white, pearly colored bubble that looks like embryo on its finn. And every once in awhile, there is a silver sack at the top of the tank which my friends and I thought was just poop. (but now I'm thinking it's an egg!) Am I totally crazy, or is my fish pregnant?
2007-01-05 04:34:58 · 3 answers · asked by moomoo 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
No, your fish isn't pregnant.
Betta fish don't get pregnant, they have eggs, and only females have eggs. Your betta is likely a male (females have shorter tails - they are commonly available, but they aren't the betta fish you see lined up in cups for sale - those are mostly males).
When bettas spawn, the male builds a bubble nest (a bunch of little bubbles at the surface of the water). When the female is full of eggs, she will swim to his territory (or, if in captivity, she will be placed in his tank) where he will squeeze her, forcing the eggs out. He will then chase the female away and fertilize the eggs, and keep them in the bubble nest to take care of them until they hatch.
I'm not sure what the bubble on his fin would be. Is it fuzzy? It could be fungus. It could also be an abcess or a tumor. It certainly isn't an egg. The silver stack at the top of the tank may be a bubble nest? Looks like this:
http://www.healthybetta.com/images/bubblenest.jpg
2007-01-05 04:55:42 · answer #1 · answered by Zoe 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds to me like ich. Search for ich and see if that is what your fish has. Bettas don't carry their eggs on their fins.
2007-01-05 13:57:12 · answer #2 · answered by fish guy 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Try doing a google search on betta pregnancy. I don't want to take the time to explain it to you.
2007-01-05 12:43:28 · answer #3 · answered by DiRtAlLtHeWaY 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋