Congo Tetras

[Trace21]

We recently gave my parents a female congo tetra, and then they brought her a mate now she has one hell of a bellie on her i was wondering how they breed? While we had her she never had a big bellie but now she looks like she might pop! she seems to be happy and healthy, with no signs of any disease's in the tank that she is in.

Cheers

Trace

[PHL]

How big/old is the fish? Mine have yet to breed, so don't really know, but have 3 females and 8 males (for colour).

[novafishy]

how do u tell between the males and females, PHL?

do the females have less body colour and shorter finnage? while the male has brighter colours and longer finnage? the males are also bigger than the females?

[Colfish]

hi trace

she will need a small cave [flowerpot] in which she will lay her eggs. if in a community tank you will need to remove when hatched to a small tank

regs colfish;

hi wes

correct on all counts;

[novafishy]

thanks colin!

have u bred them before, colin?

[PHL]

how do u tell between the males and females, PHL?

do the females have less body colour and shorter finnage? while the male has brighter colours and longer finnage? the males are also bigger than the females?

The males have brighter colour (much brighter, although if you look at most fish shop males you wouldn't know...), have that black-tipped-with-white split in its tail (which has a long extension in the mid-section), whereas the females are mainly bronze (with some flashes of colour) with an unsplit normal shaped tail.