Fat Zebra Danios

[60007]

Hello all, I've had my fish in cycle tank for about 4 weeks now, and have noticed that my Zebra Danios were getting quite fat, I put it down to the fact that I had 2 females, but now their bellies are huge, the only other fish in there are neon tetras, and afaik, they can't breed. I heard they only grow to 1 inch and that they live for 2 years.

Do female danios always have constantly bloated stomachs? Or is there something wrong?

this isn't the best image as it was taken with my iPhone, and zebras never keep still!

~Andrew

 

[darenshan54]

Hello all, I've had my fish in cycle tank for about 4 weeks now, and have noticed that my Zebra Danios were getting quite fat, I put it down to the fact that I had 2 females, but now their bellies are huge, the only other fish in there are neon tetras, and afaik, they can't breed. I heard they only grow to 1 inch and that they live for 2 years.

Do female danios always have constantly bloated stomachs? Or is there something wrong?

this isn't the best image as it was taken with my iPhone, and zebras never keep still!

~Andrew

looks like she is gravid.

 

[kelly528]

Yupp. That is just an eggy female. They pretty much stay that way. No need for concern