how can I tell if my goldfish is pregnant?

elyse

ok so our goldfish has been laying on its side at the bottom of the tank, panting really hard. Is this a sign of pregnancy/a fish getting ready to lay eggs? The other fish has also been hanging around it, kinda like riding on it. help?

Tyler T · Posted: Aug 27, 2005 7:42 pm Post subject:

I love this site. Laughing

vawakemonster · Posted: Aug 27, 2005 7:49 pm Post subject:

elyse, nah, the fish is just old and cant haddle sex as well as it used too. Laughing

Rocko · Posted: Aug 27, 2005 7:53 pm Post subject:

Tyler T, no doubt. Laughing

blairpoelman · Addict Joined: 12 Aug 2004 Posts: 595

elyse, uh, if it hasn't already died, it probably will soon. Fish aren't supposed to lay on their side. They have a bladder that controls their position - if it's laying on its side (even if it is laying eggs) the swim bladder may have ruptured and it doesn't have long to live.

Sorry - I hope I'm wrong.

Sofa King · Posted: Aug 27, 2005 8:47 pm Post subject:

Your fish is a dirty whore! Kill that slut now.
For Jebus.

MojoPin · Posted: Aug 28, 2005 1:44 am Post subject:

Sofa King, I know you are drunk and all, but wtf?

elyse · Posted: Aug 28, 2005 7:23 am Post subject:

hahaahaha, well it died. Confused

my mom was pretty mad.

Colclough999 · Soul Rider Joined: 21 Jun 2005 Posts: 410 City: Boston

Damon · Posted: Aug 28, 2005 5:20 pm Post subject:

Mikey27 · Posted: Aug 28, 2005 5:34 pm Post subject:

I cant say that I have ever been upset about a fish dying but you have my sympathy. My dog just passed away last monday and it has been a pretty rough week. He was like a kid to me.

elyse · Posted: Aug 28, 2005 5:49 pm Post subject:

Colclough999, its a damn fish. please. they show 0 affection. if it was one of my cats, I would be hysterical.

STPHNSN23 · Guest

way to rep IN on this one, elyse. we certainly ain't no marine biologists in the hoosier state.

special_k · Newbie Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 35 City: Baltimore, MD

sounds like your other fish humped it to death...

elyse · Posted: Aug 29, 2005 12:51 pm Post subject:

STPHNSN23, I didn't even take care of the fish, I can't stand the way the tank and the food smells when you get close to it. Confused

The fish that died was a feeder fish my sister won at a fair. Laughing

It lived for like 3 years and got to be about 5 inches long, so I would say it lived a pretty good life.

Damon · Posted: Aug 29, 2005 1:14 pm Post subject:

Ya 3 years is pretty good, I think mine lasted 2 weeks

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Mermaid · Addict Joined: 03 Jun 2005 Posts: 844

I had a fish that was swimming around in tight little circles all of a sudden. He wouldn't eat either so I got my husband to take the cleaver to him. I can't stand seeing animals suffer...........unfortunately, the fish slipped away just before he got decappitated, so it took a few tries before he was dead............poor little guy.

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Mikey27 · Posted: Aug 30, 2005 11:30 am Post subject:

lcap, thats a pretty cool story. That fish was probably the most loved goldfish in the history of mankind.

lcap · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Nov 2003 Posts: 10973 City: Homeless

Mikey27,

Yes he was a cool fish, amazing what he survived. Not only did he drink his own urine but on numerous occasians (twice weekly) he'd have a sip or two of beer.

No, neither myself or my roommates dumped beer in the tank. Usually it was some effed up party crasher.

mbuck · Wakeboarder.Commie Joined: 29 Dec 2004 Posts: 1629

I am surprised that Sh@!t ate the piranha.

Graduation day in college the guy that owned a huge Oscar and the guy that owned the piranha decided to have a death match. It was over in a matter of seconds. The piranha sized up the Oscar as it charged then quickly swarmed it and bit off every fin the thing had, it couldn't swim anymore and was helpless. Then it turned to an entire blood filled tank as it went to town on the meat of the big guy. And I made $10, because I took the 2-1 odds on the piranha.

Ohh and I am sorry to hear about your goldfish passing.
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elyse · Posted: Aug 30, 2005 2:44 pm Post subject:

cameraboy, i didnt even take care of the fish, my mom did. and, my mom cleaned the take once a week, canged the gravel about once every 2 months, and put in fresh water about twice a month. she was a little obsessed.

BTW, our new algea eater died yesterday, and the other goldfish died today. When my madre was getting the goldfish out today, she noticed this red stuff on his stomach, so she went to petsmart and asked some dude about it (the same dude we bought the new algea eater from about a week and a half earlier) and he said that the algea eater may of had some sort of fungus or a disease and it gave it to the other fish. Shocked

so we have to totally restart and like clean the tank and buy new fish.

Damon · Posted: Aug 30, 2005 7:53 pm Post subject:

lcap, thats differnt though, once a pet has a personality, you become much more attached. Thats awesome it ate a piranha!

Becides, you guys must not of started of in absolute love with the fish to name it "S#!T" Laughing

wake_quake · Posted: Aug 30, 2005 10:08 pm Post subject:

i rememba when i was lil, grade 5 or sumfin, we had a class hermit crab and it bit me.. and i sed i h8ed it and i was gunna kill it. we came back in from lunch that same day to a crushed hermit crab... guess who got blamed?

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

elyse · Posted: Aug 31, 2005 1:15 pm Post subject:

cameraboy, sorry i forgot to add, we did have a vacuum that she used all the time, and she would take out about a tenth of the tank and refill it

yes, we have a good filter, but no heater because our fish didn't need one according to the pet store.

Kampus-slide · Addict Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 527 City: Tucson

is a dam fish, by the way im sure it was no s#!t ! Rolling Eyes

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

Yea, that's right, goldfish are cold-water fish.

My oldest Cichlid died last night. Ironic.

He was only 5 or 6, though.

8824 · Posted: Sep 01, 2005 5:50 am Post subject:

Try this, cut it open and see if there are baby fishes.

wkebrd3 · Posted: Sep 01, 2005 5:53 am Post subject:

muckmeister, Star!

elyse · Posted: Sep 01, 2005 1:32 pm Post subject:

muckmeister, haha i would give you a star too, but unfortunately.....

cameraboy, very ironic. Confused

Kampus-slide · Addict Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 527 City: Tucson