AquaRank.com

FishProfiles.com Message Forums

faq | etiquette | register | my account | search | mailbox
# FishProfiles.com Message Forums
L# General
 L# The Hospital
  L# Fat Black widow.skirt Tetra...?
 Post Reply  New Topic
SubscribeFat Black widow.skirt Tetra...?
stuquarium
*
-----
Enthusiast
Posts: 262
Kudos: 275
Votes: 0
Registered: 28-Oct-2004
male australia
hi again

i own a school of 5 Black widow/skirt tetras in my 35G tank and these fish are fairly thin by nature, but i have one fish thats getting pretty fat, when it faces me you can tell theres a bulge where the stomach is, what would it be ?

i understand they are egg layers so could she be full of eggs?

water:
Ammonia: 0
PH: 6.8
nitrate and nitrite are good.



Last edited by stuquarium at 08-Jan-2005 21:48
Post InfoPosted 26-Jan-2006 11:35Profile Homepage MSN PM Edit Report 
Cichlid Keeper
********
---------------
Big Fish
Posts: 368
Kudos: 466
Votes: 304
Registered: 17-Aug-2003
male usa
I also have a school of 6 black skirts in my 55 community tank and I've noticed that 2 of them have the swollen stomach your describing. Mine have been this way for so long I've almost came to the conculsion that its just from getting shall we say getting enough to eat. Maybe somone else has a better answer as I would also be very interested in hearing it.
Post InfoPosted 26-Jan-2006 11:35Profile PM Edit Delete Report 
stuquarium
*
-----
Enthusiast
Posts: 262
Kudos: 275
Votes: 0
Registered: 28-Oct-2004
male australia
yeah cool i'm not the only one..

maybe it's Diet time for them!
Post InfoPosted 26-Jan-2006 11:35Profile Homepage MSN PM Edit Delete Report 
Post Reply  New Topic
Jump to: 

The views expressed on this page are the implied opinions of their respective authors.
Under no circumstances do the comments on this page represent the opinions of the staff of FishProfiles.com.

FishProfiles.com Forums, version 11.0
Mazeguy Smilies