ooo i am so worried! Gibby was hanging around near the bottom and moving kinda slow. She has been slowing down over the last couple of days. Every now and then one of the others would give her a little nudge in the tail but no one is persistantly chasing her.

I decided to find out once and for all if she has eggs. I lifted her, turned her over and sure enough- I was able to witness eggs coming out of her. the slightest pressure and she dropped more. but just a few. I did not want to go any further with that because I know she could be hurt by it.
She seems to be just dropping them here and there as she goes along. not all at once like I thought she should.

Now I am thinking that all the chasing I have been seeing is just for the tasty eggs and not breeding behavior. that's o.k. really.

What worries me is that Gibby is getting no help releasing the eggs. The other thing that bothers me is that her anus seems a little pinkish. is that normal?

I gave her peas to eat today and did a total water change . I am not sure the water change was needed, but I want her to have great conditions.

Right now she is looking for more peas to eat, but she seems heavy.

poor girl! i sure hope she recovers and releases those eggs soon. do you have any males with her? im sure you do though but i wonder why their not chassing? usually when females are ripe they release a hormone in the water that tells the males chass me, chass me. maybe a mod will come on and see this and can help you out alittle more

I have not seen breeding stars on any of my fish. I think they are just not old enough yet.

Gibby is now bottom sitting and is very still. I am going to 911 now.

oh my well the good news is that they dont need breeding stars to be in the "mood" how big are your guys?

The ones who have been chasing her off and on are about 3 in. each. I suspect I have 3 in there with her.
they are totally ignoring her now.