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	neons breeding??
fan fan Hobbyist Posts: 127 Kudos: 77 Votes: 13 Registered: 24-Mar-2004	one of my neons has recently developed a lump under its belly. if i didnt know better id say it was pregnant. but dont they lay eggs?? would it get big befor it layed eggs?? they are in a communityt tank so i didnt think theyd breed
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21
scott-c Fingerling Posts: 17 Kudos: 22 Votes: 1 Registered: 11-Oct-2004	I had something similar, neon that belly grew, until last night when it is back to normal this morning. If she was pregnant, where do neon's like to lay eggs and what am I looking for? Mine are in a comunnity tank with a school of 9 neons.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21
fan fan Hobbyist Posts: 127 Kudos: 77 Votes: 13 Registered: 24-Mar-2004	i think it might just have been a bit of bloating. because my penguin tetra looked the same and on all the sites about them it said they look like that just before they lay eggs. but thismornin they are all back to norm.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21
heaven2 Mega Fish Posts: 1065 Votes: 0 Registered: 10-Jun-2002	Years ago, I used to have a school of black neons that spawned regularly in a large planted community tank, but the eggs never even hit the gravel, they were consumed like relished caviar by all fishes in the tank, even the other neons... The females got plump, but not grossly so. The only one that got grossly fat died, perhaps was eggbound, not sure as I did not attempt a necropsy.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:21


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