Did my cherry barbs have a "good time"

musho3210 · 07-03-2007, 05:33 PM

I saw two cherry barbs, one male and one female, they were swimming around with each other and then they both sorta embraced together rubbing there bodies together. I thought i saw some eggs come out of the female but i could have been imagining. The female was quite fat. I just got them yesterday at my lfs so i dont know much of previous behavior. The female didnt lay them in a special spot but she just scattered them on the sand. It is a 75 gallon tank, ammonia, nitrite and nitrate are all at 0 and it is medium-heavy planted.

musho3210 · 07-03-2007, 10:36 PM

the barb is still fat and the breeding abrubtly stopped when another barb swum through.

swordtailbreedr · 07-04-2007, 07:26 PM

it is possible

Chaos553 · 07-04-2007, 08:07 PM

haha its very possible. your title is pretty humorous =P

Apotheosis · 07-04-2007, 08:53 PM

Hehe, the title made me laugh.

It seems like they did mate. I can't really offer any advice on how to raise the fry if that's what you want to know. If the eggs are scattered in the sand, other inhabitants may eat them.

musho3210 · 07-05-2007, 07:10 PM

only cherry barbs in the tank, i was just curious since the female is still fat. But if the fry hatch i wont really do anything, maybe some egg yolk or something but nothing special.

**JustOneMore20** · 07-05-2007, 09:04 PM

My Cherry Barb females are very plump but they've never bred, so its possible that yours have eggs or might just be big girls.

I'd just keep an eye on them. If they are the only fish in the tank, then odds are they might be breeding for you.

MaryPa · 07-06-2007, 03:36 AM

Cherry Barbs spawn like crazy but eat the eggs just as fast. All of mine stay fat.

musho3210 · 07-06-2007, 06:20 PM

not the only fish in the tank anymore, i got 2 more female barbs today and 2 female pearl guoramis (i may get 1 more male but i am undecided).

musho3210 · 07-12-2007, 09:34 PM

they had a sexy time, saw 1 fry today hovering very low in the tank in and out of my crypt leaves. One of my female barbs died today and i cant seem to find another. So im back to 3 males and 1 female. I still have warranty though.

07-03-2007, 05:33 PM	#1
musho3210 Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Age: 15 Posts: 66	Did my cherry barbs have a "good time" I saw two cherry barbs, one male and one female, they were swimming around with each other and then they both sorta embraced together rubbing there bodies together. I thought i saw some eggs come out of the female but i could have been imagining. The female was quite fat. I just got them yesterday at my lfs so i dont know much of previous behavior. The female didnt lay them in a special spot but she just scattered them on the sand. It is a 75 gallon tank, ammonia, nitrite and nitrate are all at 0 and it is medium-heavy planted.

07-04-2007, 08:07 PM	#4
Chaos553 Guilty Gear Anyone? Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Connecticut Posts: 410	haha its very possible. your title is pretty humorous =P __________________ 10-Gallon Tank Empty 20-Gallon -TONS of Fancy Guppies -3 Albino Corys 38-Gallon -1 Cherry Barb (hoping to get rid of possibly for more schools) -13 Neon Tetra -2 Geophagus Jurupari -1 Red-Eye Tetra -1 Bolivian Ram -1 Green Cory -1 Peppered Cory -2 Juli Cories -(a few more cories should do it)

07-05-2007, 09:04 PM	#7
JustOneMore20 Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Birmingham, AL Age: 22 Posts: 3,571	My Cherry Barb females are very plump but they've never bred, so its possible that yours have eggs or might just be big girls. I'd just keep an eye on them. If they are the only fish in the tank, then odds are they might be breeding for you. __________________ *Kristin* 5 Planted tanks: 55g, 40g, 29g, 20g, 5.5g

07-06-2007, 03:36 AM	#8
MaryPa Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Glenville,Pa. Age: 58 Posts: 272	Cherry Barbs spawn like crazy but eat the eggs just as fast. All of mine stay fat. __________________ 125 gal. 5 Clown Loaches 4 Phantom Tetras 8 Hyphessobrycon vilmae tetras 1 SAE 1 ABN Pleco 5 Bronze Cory 9 Gold barbs 55gal 1 Angelicus 1 Clown Pleco 1 ABN Pleco 12 cories 2 Discus 55 gal Severum, Blood Parrot 55 1 Threadfin Rainbow 4 cherry Barbs CT Betta 2 Bumble Bee Catfish1 Swordtail Guppy Male 29 gal Platies 29gal Cories 29gal Endlers and RCS 10 Swordtail guppy females and fry

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07-03-2007, 10:36 PM	#2
musho3210 Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Age: 15 Posts: 66	the barb is still fat and the breeding abrubtly stopped when another barb swum through.

07-04-2007, 07:26 PM	#3
swordtailbreedr Banned Join Date: Mar 2007 Age: 16 Posts: 400	it is possible

07-04-2007, 08:53 PM	#5
Apotheosis Adamant Minded Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Location is only a matter of physical being. The perceiving mind is omnipresent. Age: 17 Posts: 352	Hehe, the title made me laugh. It seems like they did mate. I can't really offer any advice on how to raise the fry if that's what you want to know. If the eggs are scattered in the sand, other inhabitants may eat them.

07-05-2007, 07:10 PM	#6
musho3210 Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Age: 15 Posts: 66	only cherry barbs in the tank, i was just curious since the female is still fat. But if the fry hatch i wont really do anything, maybe some egg yolk or something but nothing special.

07-06-2007, 06:20 PM	#9
musho3210 Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Age: 15 Posts: 66	not the only fish in the tank anymore, i got 2 more female barbs today and 2 female pearl guoramis (i may get 1 more male but i am undecided).

07-12-2007, 09:34 PM	#10
musho3210 Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Age: 15 Posts: 66	they had a sexy time, saw 1 fry today hovering very low in the tank in and out of my crypt leaves. One of my female barbs died today and i cant seem to find another. So im back to 3 males and 1 female. I still have warranty though.

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