platy ben

In the past 2 days my male and female convict have been acting differently and im convinced that the female is going to lay eggs soon, heres the behaviour of the male and female listed .

Female:
Suddenly more colourful
Remarkably plump belly
Red belly
Very territorial of the bottom half of the tank

Male:
The bump he has on his head has noticebly grown a bit
"Flaring" out his fins in the presence of other fish
Saw him digging one of them things the parents bury their fry in
Also very territorial of the bottom half of the tank


Does this seem like the female is pregnant to anyone else?

mollieMollie

Yep! congradulations! Keep me posted on the fry. I am trying to breed my Orandas!
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platy ben

When the eggs arrive i will post pics, and then there will be more when the fry hatch

mollieMollie

Great!

Shawnie

when NO other fish can come near that entire side of the tank, and theres a hole dug in the gravel or a cave that they both spend most of the day in, then you can expect eggs...at least one parent will always be in that area, and again, all the fish will be hovering at the top on one side of the tank...not just the bottom...agression is a total take over when they have eggs, and most other fish will stress out and act like they cant breath at the top..her red belly grows with age, so does his hump on his head...flairing is part of the courtship,

mollieMollie

There is like this hole in the gravel. and my fish are putting there mouths up at the top practicly every time I look at the female. I just went to look at them and the male was at the surface and then he dipped down to the hole and then did it again!

Shawnie

my advice was for convicts...and the mom n dad convict dont go to the top , they keep the other fish away ...

mollieMollie

my fish are golodfish

mollieMollie

how do I tell if my mixed Oranda goldfish is pregnant

Allie

outlaw

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search

Sry, at work.

Chief_waterchanger

Just for clarity an egglayer is considered to be "gravid" when carrying eggs. (Just a heads up on termanology.

Shawnie

whots gravid? LOL

outlaw

Google/Wikipedia:
In biology, the term "gravid" is used to describe the condition of a female live bearing fish (or snakes) when carrying young internally, while in entomology, it is used to describe a mated female insect.

Source:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravid

Shawnie

ah so gavid = fat belly? LOL

thats how I know my convicts are preggo

platy ben

Now the female is fatter and the male has made the hole bigger and hes cleaned the pot out, im certain shes going to lay soon !