How do you know when a goldfish is ready to have her babies?

Question

I have a goldfish that is about an inch wide. Is it ready to have babies?

Answer 1

Since goldfish scatter sticky eggs haphazardly over the aquarium, it should be well stocked with aquarium plants. Try to arrange the aquarium with floating rooted plants, along with some bottom plants or artificial spawning grass. You can also use soft willow or ponga fronds. As long, as the material used is not abrasive and does not risk injury to the Ash. When the pair is ready to breed it will be noticed that the male will be staying quite close to the female and finally the two come together in a spawning act, at which moment the eggs are laid and the male fertilizes them. the eggs adhere to the first thing they touch as they settle. Infertile eggs are sticky too, but they turn white in a few hours and begin to decay. If possible remove all white eggs. The fertilized eggs are about 1.5 mm in diameter and are amber-coloured when first laid. Spawning is usually large, from about 500 to 2000 eggs, depending upon the size and condition of the female. The parents should be removed immediately after spawning, which usually lasts about 3 hours. Eggs should be incubated for 8 or 9 days at 18ºC. Ten drops of 1% Methylene Blue should be added to each 10 litres of well-aerated aquarium water.

Although the eggs will hatch after 5 days, the embryo needs 3 days or so to absorb all the yolk. It is important not to feed the fry until after the 3rd day and they have consumed the yolk. Once the fry have digested the yolk, they require copious amounts of live food. Feed them on a diet of infusorians, newly hatched brine shrimp, and sifted daphnia. Liquifry, boiled egg yolk fed through a stocking and after a week finely powdered dry food may also be fed. Care must be taken not to overfeed fry as excess food will quickly pollute the water and kill all the young fry. Make sure you give the fry plenty of good quality food, good water quality, along with plenty of space to swim in and watch how quickly they will grow!

Answer 2

Your goldfish could have "babies"...actually hundreds of eggs. She will swipe herself up against any firm object, like a filter, etc in order to dispose of the eggs. In the wild, the male carp will "beat" the female with his tail to help her disperse the eggs easier. If you have nothing in her tank, put something in there the eggs can cling to. Then remove the eggs so the mother and other fish don't eat them when they hatch.

Good luck!

Answer 3

Goldfish lay unfertilized eggs. They don't get pregnant and they don't have babies.
Are you certain this is a female fish?
If the fish is getting round, it is more likely that it has a deadly disease called dropsy.