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- From: oleg@netcom.com (Oleg Kiselev)
- Subject: Re: ***HELP****D
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.060340.17010@netcom.com>
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- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 06:03:40 GMT
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- In article <1i1cpfINNcd3@cuda.add.itg.ti.com> middendorf@tsd.itg.ti.com writes:
- > My bronze cory cat looks like it is about to explode. Could she have
- > gotten herself knocked up? (I don't know how to tell male from female).
-
- If the scales on the fish stand out and the fish looks like a pine-cone,
- the fish probably has dropsy and will eventually die.
-
- > None of my other cats are in this "explode" condition...so I don't
- > think it is sick.
-
- Not all fish get sick at the same time.
-
- > What do I do?
-
- If the fish is indeed loaded with eggs, it will eventiually plaster them all
- over the tank. The eggs will be obvious. The fish will probably not eat
- the eggs. The eggs will hatch in a few days. You can remove the eggs from
- the tank by carefully prying them up with a razor blade. Let the eggs hatch
- in a separate tank and raise the fry by themselves until they are big enough
- to sell or house with the adults.
-
- >Should I move her to her own tank
- > before she has her things (eggs? fry?) or would this upset her?
-
- Corydoras catfish use external fertilization. Moving the fish, if it's
- really loaded with eggs, will result in the eggs not being fertilized.
-
- However, don't get your hopes too high. It's more likely to be a disease.
-
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