Zebra Danio "pregnant?"

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Kyle_91

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i've had my 4 zebra danios for awhile and out of all 4 one seems to be getting bigger and bigger, it has a little red spot on its under fin like fry is about to come out any second but it's been like that for a couple weeks now... any suggestions??
 
Well I think they are egg scatterers so they will lay eggs all over the place...maybe feed some bloodworms and bump up the temp should do the trick
 
every fish in my tanks diet consists of flake food, blood worms, and brine shrimp... temp reads 78-79 degrees.
 
We have to breed our danios at specific times so we know the exact hour the eggs are laid. I separate my females for a day or two and then place them with a known male and usually within an hour you will have eggs. If that does not work I would re-inspect the swelling for something more negative.
 
RMorrow;4490983; said:
We have to breed our danios at specific times so we know the exact hour the eggs are laid. I separate my females for a day or two and then place them with a known male and usually within an hour you will have eggs. If that does not work I would re-inspect the swelling for something more negative.
yeah thats what i was thinking. But she's been like that for awhile and shes hasnt shown any signs of diseases or anything like that. she swims fine...
 
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now shes away from all the other zebra danio swimming by herself down in the back right corner of the tank pacing back n forth.... Is she about to lay her fry soon?????!!
 
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