Pregnant Red Tail Tetra

[guppybreeder1]

one of my tetras is fatter than the others and im woundering wether i should put in a pregnancy tank to lay eggs or leave them till they hatch?
i dont know what to do?

 

[guppybreeder1]

any help would be appreciated

 

[RushingChamp28]

Probably the best place to start would be to read this article, it's some information that should help with most questions regarding breeding characins (family Characidae aka most tetras):

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/330337-breeding-most-egg-scatterers/

And to clarify, with egg scattering fish (Tetra/Danio/Barb/Rasbora etc), the eggs are fertilized when the fish spawn, requiring a male to be present with the gravid (full of eggs) female (different than pregnant = full of live young). Much different than your typical livebearer (Platy/Guppy/Swordtails etc)

I say this not to sound like a snob, but getting the basic terms right will definitely help you to get the most/best/accurate advice here on the forum.