How to tell if the female is pregnant?

[solara]

My male motoro is 13" with very reasonable size tubes. The female is 15", she is a mixed between motoro and marble. They show sign of mating for around 1 month now. The male often go for her tail and try to flip her over. She seems to allows him or doesn't mind being in contact with him. In the last couple of days, she is avoiding him and having fewer moment. Her appetite increased over last week and often make that squeezing noise with her body. Is this the sign of pregnant? should I separate the them? Please advice.
Thanks

 

[keepinfish]

Squezing noise??? Not sure what your talking about.

But if pregnant you will see movement of the pups at about 50 days if you look closely. She will start getting bigger around 40 days or so.

 

[motorohorn]

is your male chewing her up? how does her disk look? the first time my motoro's "mated" he wouldnt stop eating her and i had no idea if she was gravid or not. i couldnt tell until i seen movement as well, so you may or may not know until then.. i didnt seperate them for the first batch(i was lucky enough my male didnt kill her he came very close a couple times after first litter). if you dont seperate them the next batch of pups should be pretty dang close to 90 days after the first batch and you will know when it is ok to move one of them. maybe a little longer cause there is a Marble Motoro involved. if your male is anything like mine she is gonna need the rest and time to heal cause he is going to whoop her butt lol.. i hope in some way i helped ya

 

[cichlid_starter]

Go to the drug store and pick up a pregnancy test. Carefully pull the ray in question out of the tank and hold her over the "stick" part of the test. Put the ray back in the tank. Now comes the waiting game. Most tests will take 10-15mins to produce a result. What you do with this time is up to you but most people pace or sit on the bathtub staring nervously at the test to make it go by slower. Make sure to read the directions on the test package to make sure you are reading it correctly. If negative, congratulations! You avoid child support for the next 18 years. If positive, it's time to look for a second job or push the ray down some stairs. Whichever comes easiest for you. Good luck!

But in all seriousness the first two guys gave you great advise.

 

[solara]

lol Thanks to all of your replies. I like cichlid_stater's reply. lol. yeah, i guess i won't mind to have it read pregnant on this specific mentioning subject. I guess, I will be happy with any new kids, adopted or not that is swimming in my tank. But seriously I will cry out loud if i have a kid now. lol. I think she is pregnant but i will separate them once I see any movement.

 

[cichlid_starter]

lol Thanks to all of your replies. I like cichlid_stater's reply. lol. yeah, i guess i won't mind to have it read pregnant on this specific mentioning subject. I guess, I will be happy with any new kids, adopted or not that is swimming in my tank. But seriously I will cry out loud if i have a kid now. lol. I think she is pregnant but i will separate them once I see any movement.

 

[motorohorn]

do you have any pics of your rays? if so we would love to see them.. it never gets old looking at new rays..