Fat or Gravid?

[C8lyn]

My ABN female is a chubby bunny at the moment. I've seen her eating a lot but she looks a little too big to just be fat...
She would only just be bordering on breeding size so I'm really not sure if it's possible for her to be gravid. She's 7 - 7.5cm.

Just thought I'd throw this pic in too. I thought it was funny how she does this. Instead of hanging on to the wood she just lays around on her back. I see her do it all the time.

 

[Big-B]

Wow, she sure is chunky. Hopefully she is gravid. She does look it. :thumbup: The first time I found one of my fish lying on its back like that, I thought there was a problem. Come to find out it was just resting like that, and they do it all the time. I have a Gibby thats done it a few times too. :clap: Funny stuff. :clap:

 

[JoePlec]

Looks gravid to me if you look closely at the belly shot you can even see eggs?

 

[JackGillett]

agreed she is very gravid and yes you can see 2 bunches of eggs. i believe that plecs store eggs in the body in 'lung like shapes' (2 bunches either side of the middle)

 

[C8lyn]

Thanks guys. Will she just lay when she's ready?

 

[thegeeman]

Will she just lay when she's ready?

Pretty much yeah C8lyn.

Seeing as she is about to explode it might be worth giving her the cold water change treatment to encourage her to give her eggs up to a worthy male

Goodluck

Cheers

thegeeman

 

[C8lyn]

Ok I'll do that this afternoon when I finish work. I only have one male. Hopefully he's ready for fatherhood. Lol. I see him fanning his fins all the time when he's sitting around the place. I wasn't expecting her to have any eggs so soon because I haven't had the male for long.

 

[JoePlec]

Just make sure you have a cave in there for the male.

 

[jimmywr]

baby time :clap:

 

[C8lyn]

I'm so excited! :clap:
She just went into a cave with my male about 15 mins ago. Fingers crossed!

And Bren, if you read this.. They picked your cave and not mine! Grr! Lol

 

[JoePlec]

I'm so excited! :clap:
She just went into a cave with my male about 15 mins ago. Fingers crossed!

And Bren, if you read this.. They picked your cave and not mine! Grr! Lol

Great news. :woohoo:

 

[bigbird]

well done and hope your male was ready lol cheers jk

 

[graham26]

Good luck hopefully they spawn for you as the female is loaded to the last with eggs :yes:

 

[C8lyn]

Quick update..
I was watching them for a long time because the tank is next to me when I play xbox and I don't think the male knows what to do.
When she went into the cave, it's the first time I've ever seen her get near him without shooing him away. I watched her sitting up the back of the cave all bent over in a funny way, but she didn't give up any eggs.
Meanwhile, the male is just moving around inside the cave, fanning a little and carrying on..
She left the cave a few times but kept coming back and would sit diagonally at the entrance with her head just sitting out. It was almost as if she was trapping the male! lol

I kept watching to try and figure out what he was doing.. He's a lot harder to see in the cave because he's common colour while she's albino. While she sat at the entrance I could see him upside-down with his nose poking out just above her head, but that's as close as they would get, and nothing else happens.
For all I know, they could be doing something while I'm here at work (I'm on lunch by the way!) but that's the happenings I have witnessed so far.
She would be much more mature than him because she used to live in a much smaller tank, therefore she is not the size of a bn her age that would have grown up in a large tank. I wonder if he's too young to know what to do?
What happens if she doesn't lay her eggs?

 

[bigbird]

time and patience....a candle and elvis music...lol cheers jk....be patient

 

[C8lyn]

WOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! :clap::clap::woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::lol::woohoo::woohoo:

 

[Irene0100]

congrats, I take it she has laid!!! try not to disturb the male too much!

 

[C8lyn]

I will leave him alone. I had to get one photo though... so I was really careful and moved everything really slow. He looks so small. lol. He's only around 7cm.

Enjoy

 

[JackGillett]

wow <3 beautiful mate, well done :thumbup:

 

[bigbird]

wow indeed :woohoo: and :clap: and definately <3....well done and congrats.....go elvis and the candles :thumbup: cheers jk