How do i know if my tiger barb fish is pregnant?
The tiger barb usually attains sexual maturity at a body length of 20 to 30 millimeters (0.8 to 1.2 inches) in total length, or at approximately six to seven weeks of age. The females are larger with a rounder belly and a mainly black dorsal fin while the males have a bright, red nose with a distinct red line above the black on their dorsal fin.. The egg-layers tend to spawn several hundred eggs in the early morning in clumps of plants. On average, 300 eggs can be expected from each spawn in a mature broodstock population, although the number of eggs released will increase with the maturity and size of the fish. Spawned eggs are adhesive, negatively buoyant in freshwater and average 1.18 ± 0.05 mm in diameter. Tiger barbs have been documented to spawn as many as 500 eggs per female. With proper conditioning, females can spawn at approximately two weeks intervals. Once spawning is finished, they will usually eat any of the eggs that they find. It is usually necessary to separate the fis
