Fish Fight...

SDRANGER619

SDRANGER619

something more family oriented.....
Sep 1, 2004
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Ok so as you all know I'm all new school to this game...So here come the flood of questions.

This last weekend i bought 2 Zebra Danios and 1 Albino Cory...

So far so good...except one of the Danios looks real fat from the stomach area. Could that be a female Danio full of eggs? It's real weird, the other Danio chases the fat one around trying to pick at the tail. I'm not sure what I should do, i don't want any of the fish to get torn apart! :eek:
 
that's hard to say. first of all, you need more than 2 danio's so this doesn't happen. also, how big of a tank and have you cycled the tank yet? the fat belly could be eggs, could be fat from eating or could be a problem. Kyle
 
you could try getting some more Danios, that might help. Are there good hiding places in your tank?
Is the fat fish swimming ok? What are you water readings?
 
well i have 55gal tank which i'm using the danio's to cycle...(along with an albino cory, yes i know i'm a mean guy for doing a fishy cycle)...i asked the pet store guy for hardy fish to cycle my tank and he said 2 Danios and 1 Cory should be ok...so should i get more fish?

I did water readings yesterday and i have 0ppm Nitrate 0ppm Nitrite and 0.25 Ammonia.

The fat fish is swimming fine...kinda stays in one place (maybe trying to hide from the other one) but when it's being chased it swims real fast. I have great hiding places too...

I wonder what could be the matter...hopefully it's nothing bad...
 
sdb said:
Danios do chase each other, that's one of the fun things about watching them. They dart around chasing, but it's not in any way harmful. Is this one fish being aggressive? Or is it a playful chase?
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Well it looks like a playfull chase...but the one doing the chasing nips at the tail of the other. Kinda weird. They still look ok though.

My biggest question is why is the one being chased look like it's full of eggs or poop or something?! Should i just let it be?
 
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