Is My Barb Pregnant?

[fifefish]

Green Tiger Barb
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is my barb pregnant?

 

[dcarmor927]

Tiger barbs aren't live bearers so i don't think its pregnant...mine look the same as yours do

 

[fifefish]

i meant is it swollen with eggs..i know that duh lol

 

[dcarmor927]

haha sorry, but yea like i said, i have 3 and they all look like the picture, but maybe mine are "pregnant" too

 

[fifefish]

maybe ..do yours have a pointing anal gland?

 

[dcarmor927]

yes but its not as drastic as yours is...I'm fairly new to all this fish stuff so don't hold me to anything i say haha

 

[fifefish]

no ive only done this for about a year and a half so im not an expert . but im quite knowledgeable..
do u have any idea on the time it takes for the fish to lay the eggs

 

[dcarmor927]

not at all, but you may try and find a male and put them in a separate breeding tank, if you want to end up with fry that is

 

[dcarmor927]

just took a closer look, i think all my green barbs are male, i have one regular tiger barb who does the pointed anal gland, so maybe that is a sexual difference?

 

[fifefish]

What are the distiguishing features of: Male & female barbs?

 

[drobbyb]

What are the distiguishing features of: Male & female barbs?

The females are more plump than the males in tiger barbs. They are not dimorphic (females colored diffrently than males.)

 

[fifefish]

thanks..
what about the anal vent ..
what is the reason for it pointing out and being white?

 

[fifefish]

ok now my barb has a big white anal vent. what is wrong?

 

[fifefish]

bump

 

[fifefish]

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