Is my Zebra Danio pregnant?

Question

Hi, yesterday I purchased a 10 gallon fish tank from Big Als and I bought a heater, a filter, lots of artifical plants, blue,green,yellow,and white rocks, water pureafier, and finally the fish! I bought:

1 pleco ( algae eater)

2 fancy solid red guppies

and 2 zebra danios

everythis has been going fine, then i did some research on all the fish and i found that 1 of my zebra danios is really fat and the otherone is skinny. so i thought my zebra danio might have been pregnant when i bought it. I would like to have more zebras, so if my zebra is pregnant what are all the steps to: laying the eggs, hatching them, feeding the fry, stuff like that thanks so much!

Answer 1

could be dropsy.. =0

Answer 2

firstly your fish may die due to ammonia build up as you did not cycle your tank

secondly danios need to school in groups of 6+

thirdly most plecos outgrow 10 gallons

and finally female danios are just fatter than males

Answer 3

hey, i own 9 danio zebra fishes and i've noticed some are fat and others are slim. the female have a larger stomach but that does not necessary mean its pregnant. i've noticed mine are fat but i've not tempted to breed them. they would breed after they mature bout 6 months or so. (female are very picky in choosing who to breed with even though you only have one male)

any ways here are some links to help you with the breeding process =)

Answer 4

Ok, I do not mean to burst your bubble here, but trust me, you are not going to get baby fish.

Even if your danio was ready to lay eggs, that doesn't mean that your other danio is a male (who would need to fertilize the eggs). Your tank is also not cycled yet, so not only would any baby fish not be able to survive the cycle, but there's a good chance that at least half of the fish you currently have will die.

You have a lot of reading to do and you will have lots of questions to ask. I recommend starting with this article about the nitrogen cycle - every fish tank goes through the cycle and yours will too. http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/sho...

I also recommend creating an account on www.aquariacentral.com - it is a free member based forum with over 80,000 people ready and waiting to answer all your fish questions 24/7.

Good luck.