Is it bad if my tetra

[Industrial]

I have a bunch of X-Ray tetras. The oldest female has eggs. For the past 2-3 weeks she looks like a 4 week pregnant guppy. I tried a big water change with colder water and none of the fish tried to spawn. The first time I tried she didn't have as many eggs, but the only male in the tank tried to spawn with her.

Is it bad for her/the eggs if she has them too long?

 

[rich311k]

If she became egg bound it could be a problem. She will most likely just absorb the eggs back into her body. Nothing really to worry about, unless she is constipated and not full of eggs,

 

[Industrial]

To me, it looks like eggs. On the other hand, I haven't bred any egg layers yet.

 

[Piranha86]

Those are pristella's? I'm guessing they're the red-belly variety... Try doing a water change with RO water if you have a machine or just pouring in the water jugs from the grocery store.

 

[Industrial]

Those are pristella's? I'm guessing they're the red-belly variety... Try doing a water change with RO water if you have a machine or just pouring in the water jugs from the grocery store.

Yeah, they are red bellys. I have never really liked any of the other varieties too much, plus I think my area has a regular and gold variety breeder.

So would RO/Grocery store water would have a better effect on breeding than water that is like 6 degrees cooler?