Evelyn1919

hi everyone!
i woke up this morning to see my fish and i noticed there is one of my tiger barbs that looks a little chubby. i don't eve know which ones are males and which ones are females. most of them (maybe all) are not adult size yet so i'm not sure if they can get pregnant even before they are dully sized. i took a couple of pictures so that maybe someone here can tell me if that one is pregnant or not.
if it is pregnant then what am i supposed to do

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capekate

IMO your tiger barb looks like a male.
Sexing your Tiger Barbs:
The Male:
When mature the males will show bright red noses. Dorsal fin will have a red line above the mainly black fin. His dorsal fin will turn bright red.

The Female:
Females keep their pale yellow noses, and they only show a small area of red at the tip of the dorsal fin and ventral fins will stay pale red.

They are egg scatterers with no specific breeding site. They also are egg eaters.

Evelyn1919

thanks for that info!!!

COBettaCouple

What's their usual diet?

Evelyn1919

gm!
well i usually give them the Omega flakes or the small pellets. that's what i've been feeding them all. this tiger barb is just a little fatter than the other ones so that's why i thought it was pregnant, plus i couldn't tell if it was a female or male.

COBettaCouple

He's prob. fine but if they'd eat them.. some little pellet sized pieces of pea every now & then could be good for their diet.

Evelyn1919

yeah i usually give them the flakes and once or twice a week the pellets. they really like them and play around with them.

beginnerfishlover

I had almost the same problem when I got my danios. I hardly knew anything and woke up one day with the thought that maybe I was over feeding them. LOL. Anyway, I fasted them one day and switched to feeding them once a day and they are great. One was terribly obese for a while, though. But they are all better now. Btw, that fish is so cute!