Pregnant Blackmoore?

[BlackmooreGoldfish]

My blackmoore was sitting in the corner of my tank a couple of times. Its stomach looked a little bit big. Is it pregnant??? I also have another fish in there too.

 

[eaglesaquarium]

No, definitely not pregnant.  It could be egg bound, but goldies are egg layers, not livebearers.
 
 
Any more information you can add, like: tank size, other tankmates, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, maintenance schedule, temp, pH, other odd behavior, eating habits, feeding schedule (frequency and amount), have you seen it poo recently, etc.

 

[BlackmooreGoldfish]

There is one other fish in the tank, a goldfish . I usually feed them in the morning, mid-day, and at night before I go to bed. I just feed them a pinch of Tetra Tropical Fish Food. And I realised last night that the reason it might of been there is because it was in the corner me the tank heater so that could also be why. Hope that helps cause that's all I could answer.

 

[attibones]

Can you provide an image and take the measurements of your tank? You'll also need to have your water tested at your LFS if you haven't a test kit at your home. You have a heater in this tank? You may as well remove it. These guys do not like warm waters. How big is "a pinch"? Goldfish are messy fish as is, so if you are over feeding, then you are not only causing issues with your gold fish's health (such as bloating), you are also putting your tank at risk for an ammonia spike.

How long have you had this tank? How long were the goldfish in it? What sort of filter are you running?

 

[BlackmooreGoldfish]

I will go get an image and the measurments and ill take a picture of how much i feed them. Ive had this tank for 4 weeks and two days. I don't know how long they have been in the tank because I got them from a friend. And i have a Tetra whisper filter. Ill have the pictures in a couple of minutes and ill post them right away.

 

[BlackmooreGoldfish]

I cant get the pics on here sorry

 

[the_lock_man]

You can either edit them such that they are less than 300kb each (reducing image quality on the jpeg to around 50% usually does the trick without compromising image rendering quality) or you can post them to FlickR, Photobucket or Picasa, and paste over the IMG tags that the site gives you.
 
If that doesn't work, try bunging them on Facebook, and pasting the public link over.

 

[BlackmooreGoldfish]

or i could not post them at all

 

[attibones]

Well without any further information there is nothing we can do. What is the filter capacity of the tetra whisper? Assuming the other goldfish is also a black Moore, you'll need to have a tank around sixty gallons. That's a footprint of about 4 feet by 2 feet, I think.

 

[BlackmooreGoldfish]

The other fish is a normal goldfish and they are both like two inches long so im pretty sure I 60 gallon tank for two two inch fish.

 

[attibones]

Goldfish get dry large though. I used to breed mine. They were, on average, twelve inches long, four inches thick. They get very large, so it is imperative to have a large aquarium or pond with a very good filtration system. You need to see what size your tank is.

 

[eaglesaquarium]

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/417799-goldfish-for-beginners/
 
 
Might be worth having a read through this... While they 'start' as 2 inch fish, they don't stay that size.