tiger barb swimming funny

rose1 · 07-11-2006, 01:17 PM

my albino tiger barb is pregenant, but she can barly swim, why is that?
i know its not going to kill her because it happend when i first got her. she was pregnant, could barly swim, then she was fine. but why dose this keep happening, i dont want her getting stressed out and dieing.

mousey · 07-14-2006, 06:05 PM

Do you have a male barb in with her?
My black skirt tetras load up with eggs all the time and then spawn when there is a big weather shift.
I have 3 females and 2 males.
Even my betta females load up with eggs. Apparently for the most part egg laying fish that do not mate can reabsorb the eggs.
It is the same as you have 2 ovaries that are full of eggs.(assuming you are a girl)

Puffer Pita · 07-14-2006, 06:15 PM

How is it swimming? I find that mine start swimming face downwards when they are on the verge of dying.

Damon · 07-14-2006, 06:27 PM

I believe I answered this post already but in case I didn't............

Barbs cant get pregnant, only livebearers can. She may be full of eggs or possibly eggbound. I would venture to say she has swimbladder "disease".

07-11-2006, 01:17 PM	#1
rose1 Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Age: 19 Posts: 58	tiger barb swimming funny my albino tiger barb is pregenant, but she can barly swim, why is that? i know its not going to kill her because it happend when i first got her. she was pregnant, could barly swim, then she was fine. but why dose this keep happening, i dont want her getting stressed out and dieing.

07-14-2006, 06:15 PM	#3
Puffer Pita Puffer Enthusiast Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,672	How is it swimming? I find that mine start swimming face downwards when they are on the verge of dying. __________________ Tina Puffers: Auriglobus silus x2 Colomesus asellus x1 Tetraodon travancoricus x1 Tetraodon biocellatus x2 Tetraodon nigroviridis x1 Tetraodon baileyi x2 Tetraodon lineatus x1 Tetraodon palembangensis x1 The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way in which its animals are treated. - Mohandas Gandhi

07-14-2006, 06:27 PM	#4
Damon Aquatic Naturalist Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Dayton, Ohio Age: 32 Posts: 14,972	I believe I answered this post already but in case I didn't............ Barbs cant get pregnant, only livebearers can. She may be full of eggs or possibly eggbound. I would venture to say she has swimbladder "disease". __________________ For in much wisdom [is] much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow. Member of the AGA (Aquatic Gardner's Association) Member of the IBC (International Betta Congress)

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07-14-2006, 06:05 PM	#2
mousey Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 839	Do you have a male barb in with her? My black skirt tetras load up with eggs all the time and then spawn when there is a big weather shift. I have 3 females and 2 males. Even my betta females load up with eggs. Apparently for the most part egg laying fish that do not mate can reabsorb the eggs. It is the same as you have 2 ovaries that are full of eggs.(assuming you are a girl)

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