dwarfgourami
Fish Connoisseur
Excuse me, but what's going on here. Experienced people saying yes she's going to have babies but dont
move her into a breeding net as that would stress her out- are you taking the mickey? Surely that's not a livebearer in that picture- is noone going to mention the need for a male? Egg-laying fish spawn, that is they lay eggs in the company of one or several males who must be present to fertilise the eggs as they come out. No fertilisation at the time of egglayhing- no babies. And spawning should be preceded by some sort of spawning behaviour, depending on the species. What would an egglaying fish be doing in a breeding net anyway, Wilder? Not having babies for sure.
The female in that picture may be eggbound or she may be ill, but unless she goes through the spawning procedure with a suitable male, and the eggs are then rescued and allowed to hatch under proper conditions, there won't be any fry.
To feed any fry (once they have consumerd the egg yolk) you would need to set up a brine shrimp hatchery and/or use liquifry for egglayers, though a few might be able to survive eating infusoria if the fry tank is established and heavily planted.
move her into a breeding net as that would stress her out- are you taking the mickey? Surely that's not a livebearer in that picture- is noone going to mention the need for a male? Egg-laying fish spawn, that is they lay eggs in the company of one or several males who must be present to fertilise the eggs as they come out. No fertilisation at the time of egglayhing- no babies. And spawning should be preceded by some sort of spawning behaviour, depending on the species. What would an egglaying fish be doing in a breeding net anyway, Wilder? Not having babies for sure.
The female in that picture may be eggbound or she may be ill, but unless she goes through the spawning procedure with a suitable male, and the eggs are then rescued and allowed to hatch under proper conditions, there won't be any fry.
To feed any fry (once they have consumerd the egg yolk) you would need to set up a brine shrimp hatchery and/or use liquifry for egglayers, though a few might be able to survive eating infusoria if the fry tank is established and heavily planted.
