So I have 4 pet fish and one is sitting in the corner, kinda shaking and miving her fins fast and the other fish are swimming all crazy like around her. Her belly is huge so maybe she's pregnant? If anyone knows anything about pregnant fish or whatever, I am scared she is going to die!
2007-02-17 05:54:02 · 6 answers · asked by Meagan 3 in Pets ➔ Fish
The one I think is pregnant is some sort of tiger fish, it's a little one. I also heve two pink Zebras and a some sort of scissor tailed fish. They are all very small.
2007-02-17 06:03:42 · update #1
seems like she is getting ready to lay some eggs. the other fish are acting crazy cause they want some caviar, and they will eat the eggs too. If you want baby fish you have to seperate the mom fish from the others until she has the eggs and then take her away, she'll eat them too. The eggs will hatch on their own.
2007-02-17 06:02:28 · answer #1 · answered by qn.harpy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have another fish like the one you are concerned about, then she may be pregnant and about to have babies.
If you dont have another fish like the one you are concerned about, then are you over feeding your fish? If fish are over fed, it is possible that the fish may be constipated and unable to empty its bowel.
Make sure you check the water in your tank to ensure the ph balance is not too high or too low for the type of fish you have.
If your fish is pregnant and about to have babies, then the other fish that are swimming around her are waiting until the babies are borne. Other fish will eat the small babies pregnant fish deliver. Make sure you have a lot of plants or artificial plants floating at the top of the tank and also on the bottom of the tank so the babies that are not eaten can hide from the large fish and have the chance to survive.
Hope this helps :-)
2007-02-17 14:09:59 · answer #2 · answered by Debbie S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm, well it may be pregnant. Look into the possibility of getting a breeding center so that the eggs wont get eaten if your fish is pregnant. I have had this happen before where my fish acted like this, it did end up dieing but I really don't know what happened.
2007-02-17 14:03:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it may be pregnant. usually when fish are going to die it will act slow and slothy. make sure when you feed them that it gets enuf food but not too much. it can die just as easily from too much food that it can with not enough.
2007-02-17 14:03:31 · answer #4 · answered by george omalley 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If they are pregnant I dont think they are going to die. I think mine is pregnant also. What kind are yours? Mine is a flame tetra.
2007-02-17 13:57:59 · answer #5 · answered by Beth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she is just getting ready to give birth let her do her thing :D congrats and good luck :D!
2007-02-17 14:03:19 · answer #6 · answered by hottie32566 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋