Barb With Eggs?

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grojo

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I have been keeping an eye on my Tiger barbs as of late, and out of the 7 I have, i'd venture to say that maybe 6 are female and one is a male. The reason being that the Male has the red dorsal fin and it goes from the tip to the base, the other 6 start with a red tip but it fades to black as it gets to the base, am I right in thinking they are females?

Another thing is that 3 of those i believe to be females are getting fat, and I dont know if they have eggs, or are just fat males. How can I definitely tell what they are? I have had these tiger barbs for about 3 months now.

All of my water readings are where they should be, and they are happily swimming etc....
 
Can you post pictures?
If you don't feed for a day and they are still fat, most likely females with eggs.
Males when sexually mature will also get red noses...
 

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