How do you tell if your fish is pregnant?

Answer 1

It puts on weight teally quick and stays in one cleared area of the aqurium most of the time Parrot fish do not and can not get pregnant. They are egg layers and their eggs are fertilised outside the body.

Answer 2

Answer Parott Fish Sex IDThere are many different kinds of parrot fish- they go through different phases on their way to maturity. In these stages they change colors. Some change sex from female to male. All the "Terminal Phase" fish are mature males.The only way to ID the sex is by type of fish and color.IE the Stoplight parrot fish female,or Initial Phase, is mottled reddish brown mixed with white scales and a reddish belly. The Terminal phase, or male is neon green/darker green scales, pink by the gills,& yellow on the head and tail. Some blue is on the edge of the face and fins. They look like two different kinds of parrot fish. The Reef Fish ID Book by P. Humann lists 13 different kinds of parrot fish with photos.

Answer 3

The fish will appear wider around the stomach. In addition you should be able to see a darkening in color where the stomach starts if the color of the fish is not to dark. In other words, you could not see this on a Black Molly. Still, you will be able to notice that definite belly growth.

A gravid fish looks pregnant. The belly, at least near the time when the eggs will be laid or the fish gives birth (in some species the eggs develop inside the body of the mother), will be markedly-extended. In some live-bearers with translucent bodies (like some guppies, for instance) you'll even be able to see the eyes of the fry (the term for baby fish).

There are, of course, other reasons for a distended belly in a fish -- a full gut, or intestinal parasites, for instance.

Answer 4

You can tell if your fish has a reddish or blackish dot near their but. This is called the gravid spot. And you know when they are about to give birth when their bellies square off or start to look boxy. They could also stay close to the bottom of the tank and not eat for a while.

Answer 5

In some types of fish the female will noticably show the pregnancy with an enlarged belly. Others will begin staying in a certain spot in the tank, especially when it is nearly time while the males will clean out all substrate and "patrol" the parameter keeping any interlopers out of the vicinity.

Answer 6

The vast majority of fish are egg layers so will never get pregnant. The only fish that get pregnant are 'Livebearers'. If you have a male and a female of the same species of livebearer the female will be pregnant anyway. To answer your question. Without you telling me what fish you have I can't know if your fishes are pregnant.

Answer 7

Most fish do not actually become pregnant, but may carry eggs. Livebearers are the exception. If you have a female guppy, platy, molly or swordtail, you can tell she is pregnant because she will swell in the abdomen, and often a dark blotch will appear on the back part of her belly. Right before giving birth, her belly will look square rather than round. A white dot will appear on her genital opening (this is the birthing tube) and she will be antisocial and hide in plants. It's usually best to let her give birth in her usual tank. Some serious breeders will put her in a trap so they can start the fry off on quality fry food straight away, and so that none get eaten (as sometimes the parents or other fish will eat the newborn fry.) A female fish that is not of the species above may swell up in the abdomen when full of eggs. Generally, egglayers are not easy to breed and she probably will not breed in the home aquarium. Very rarely, a female full of eggs can become 'eggbound'. This is life threatening but very uncommon.

Answer 8

Parrotfish are not 'sexually dimorphic', meaning that there are no obvious signs to tell whether one is male or female, without dissecting it.

Answer 9

We used to have some Mollies, and one of them was actually pregnant. She had a puffed out belly on the bottom, different from the others, and because of that her head was more up.