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Old April 26th, 2008  
Fish Helper
 
Do I have a pregnant Tiger Barb?

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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Last edited by Evelyn1919; April 26th, 2008 at 07:47 AM.
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Old April 26th, 2008  
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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.
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Old April 26th, 2008  
Fish Helper
 
thanks for that info!!!
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Old April 27th, 2008  
Master Of Fish Poo!
 
What's their usual diet?
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Old April 28th, 2008  
Fish Helper
 
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.
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Old April 28th, 2008  
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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.
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Old April 28th, 2008  
Fish Helper
 
yeah i usually give them the flakes and once or twice a week the pellets. they really like them and play around with them.
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Old April 29th, 2008  
Fish Bum
 
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!
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