Well this morning I woke up to a surprise that Manny (I may need to rename her now) my black ranchu laid eggs. There were lots of white balls on the plants and in the filter. She looks thinner than she did last night, so I'm assuming they are eggs.

She was acting funny yesterday and wouldn't eat. She's still refusing to eat, and she's not swimming around like she normally does. Is that normal? Also she is a relatively new fish, and she would push all my other fish around. I don't know if it was her general personality or could this be because she was pregnant? Any help would be great. This is the first time this has ever happened.

I don't know what is going on. I think my ranchu laid eggs this morning. These white balls were scattered all over my tank. She is right now in a 10 gallon hospital tank, where she's been living for about a week or so. Well yesterday she refused to eat, and hasn't eaten anything all day. She sits on the gravel, and almost looks like she's starting to float on her side. I don't know if this is normal? I need some help!!

Ammonia - 0
Nitrite - 0
Nitrate - 20
pH - 7.6

10 gallon tank, been running for 5 months
Aquaclear 20 filter
been changing 10% every 3 days or so
1 fish, 5"

Hm, sounds definetely like those are eggs. But it isn't all that normal that she refuses to eat. Does she have a favorite treat you might wonna try? Mine go crazy for either garlic soaked pellets, or frozen bloodworms.... I'd definetely keep watching her and see how she does. She hasn't been bullied too hard by any of the other fish, has she? I know you said she usually does the bullying, but maybe one fish has bothered her more lately?

Hi there.

As I am not very familiar with breeding, I don't really know what the correct protocol for an eggbound fish is but I will inform some others that should be of some help.


Hang in there


Paul