JJenna Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 Was passing by my daughter's tank and spied this barb. I don't know if pregnant is the correct term so maybe egg laden is a better term? Not prepared for breeding at this time so I'll let nature take its course. The smaller fish sticks pretty close. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Folk Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 It well may be a female that is heavily egg-laden. Barbs are an egg scattering species. Here is a little write up about them, if you're interested. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJenna Posted November 29, 2022 Author Share Posted November 29, 2022 On 11/28/2022 at 8:10 PM, Fish Folk said: Here is a little write up about them, if you're interested. This is very helpful, great website. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 My barbs would always get that way. I thought they had bloat and all kinds of issues from the food I was feeding. It's likely just meaning it's a female. Keep an eye on behavior (especially breeding aggression and nipping) and have some erythromycin handy if the herd decides to tear her up and they cause damage. Barbs are known to get open sores with leads to secondary fungal issues, bacterial infections. So Aquarium Salt + Erythromycin will cover a lot of that. This is a really cool look into the process. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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