Neon Pregenent? What Sex Are These?

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Not the best pic. I'll try to put more. Are some pregenent or just well feed? Can you see if these are male or female?
 

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Neons aren't livebearers, so it cannot be pregnant.
It seems a bit too much to be a female swollen with eggs.
 
I'm sorry to say that it's more probably sick
 
Depends if you just fed them and noticed the swelling? What colour is their poo? How long have they been swollen?
"Sexing Neon Tetras can be hard, but the female usually have a bigger and rounder belly than the male. The blue line will be straighter in males, while the round female body creates the impression of a bent blue line. When she is ready to breed, her body will become very broad since she is filled with eggs."
 
Don't know if its always big , actually there are 2 of them out of 5 like this the others are much slimmer. They had eaten like less than 5 mins before taking this picture so I will have a look in the morning.
 
My neons and rummy noses all get a swollen belly straight after feeding time but not to that extent. Has the swelling gone down yet? If so could you have possibly overfed them?
 
:)
 
VL1990 said:
My neons and rummy noses all get a swollen belly straight after feeding time but not to that extent. Has the swelling gone down yet? If so could you have possibly overfed them? :)


Yeah they have. Still some are more rounded than others slightly. I think that's just male and female.

Must of been bloated.gready buggers
 
They can only be greedy if you give them the amount of food to be greedy with. Remember that their stomachs are only about the size of their eyes. I should cut down on the amount you feed them. :)
 

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