One of my 8 barbs has a fat belly and it is very obvisous that she is pregnant. Will the barbs eat the eggs? i dont want this to be like my convict tank where I now have 25 babies lol

Tiger barbs are egg layers, and so can't be "pregnant". There are several things a fat body can mean, the fish could be constipated, have parasites, or if it is indeed a female, could be full of eggs.

What lead you to believe "she" has eggs? Is the fish in question eating, is it pooing, or does it have white stringy feces (a sign of constipation)?

And yes, the fish will eat the eggs.

Here's some info on keeping and breeding tigerbarbs.
http://www.erdingtonaquatics.com/tigerbarbs.html

This post has been edited by dthoffsett: Nov 16 2007, 03:04 AM

She is eating and pooping like she should. There is no sign of parasites....

How long if she is full of eggs wo;; she lay them?

I'm really not sure, you might check with the folks here: http://www.fishforums.net/category/29/Cypr...and-Atherinids/

if you want them to eat the babies put them in with goldfish! my feemale tiger barb had babies and i managed to save 1 from the wrath of the gold fish :osama: Hey those are cool! :sick: :alien: :shout: :oh: 8-) :/ :D ;) :wub: :lol: :sly: :fun: :fun: :sick: :blush: :shifty: :angry: :blink: :crazy: :drool: