Pregnant?

[silver dollars]

Ok i am wondering how you tell if a keyhole cichlid is pregnant?? My dad has been catching live brine shrimp and feeding my fish that. So could they have bred from the live food?

 

[Orion]

Just feeding live foods isn't going to make them breed, but it is a start in the right direction. They don't technicly get pregnant though. The female produces eggs and lays them in the tank, and the male fertilizes them.

 

[silver dollars]

Ok, but i am wondering what the females look like when they have eggs in them.

 

[Orion]

They may look a little swollen in the area around the vent, but some may not show many signs if any at all. They aren't like livebearers and plump up really big.

Probably the best way to tell if they are going to breed, or are even interested in breeding is by watching their actions and how they behave tword each other.

 

[silver dollars]

Ok well the female looks swolen and the male looks liek he keeps fanning her sides. What is he doing??

 

[silver dollars]

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Sorry that it is so blury! You can see the female and her belly

 

[Orion]

I can't see anything in that photo. I think there is a fish in it, but not sure.

 

[FishGeek]

Yeah I cant see anything either.

 

[Milo]

i saw some blurries but no fish, not even an outline.