Harlequin Rasbora Pregnant?

[Leroybubba]

So new to fish.. I know it's supposed to be really hard to breed rasboras but I'm concerned. I have 6 rasboras and only one is huge! Like round and bottom of fish juts down like I fat belly.... And only one of them is like this... The others seem to just stay and group with it, although they r schooling fish so I dunno if that means anything... Its coming up on my water change and eventually I will have to do tank clean and I'm scared I'll wipe out eggs or something if one is... Not that I want a pregnant fish but still nervous on what to do.... Any pictures of pregnant rasboras or rasbora eggs and how they would look would help a lot. Thanks!

 

[thereverendturtle]

So new to fish.. I know it's supposed to be really hard to breed rasboras but I'm concerned. I have 6 rasboras and only one is huge! Like round and bottom of fish juts down like I fat belly.... And only one of them is like this... The others seem to just stay and group with it, although they r schooling fish so I dunno if that means anything... Its coming up on my water change and eventually I will have to do tank clean and I'm scared I'll wipe out eggs or something if one is... Not that I want a pregnant fish but still nervous on what to do.... Any pictures of pregnant rasboras or rasbora eggs and how they would look would help a lot. Thanks!

Pregnant is the wrong term, gravid is a better term.
Rasbora lay their eggs on the underside of plant leaves. A gravid female will look like she swallowed a marble. One thing you can do if you don't want to worry about her laying eggs, don't feed your fish for several days, it won't hurt them. Healthy fish can go up to 3 weeks or more without eating. I know its hard not to, but it will make her absorb her eggs for nutrition.