Is my fish pregnant i stipulation more backing..?
Do fish carry there eggs like chickens or lay them afterwards protect them till they hatch. My fish stopped eating and sits in a cave adjectives day. I tried to block it off but it keeps finding a style in.
Livebearers own live fry, most other fish lay eggs. Some (particularly the cichlids) guard their eggs and young, or carry them around in their mouths, but most others will lay the eggs, after consume them.
DO NOT block the cave! You're forcing the fish into view, which will stress them out, make them want to squirrel away all the more, and will eventually kill them. The more places the fish have to stash, the more likely you'll see them.
Like Dark Ryok said, it depends on the fish. Livebearers, as their name suggests, deliver live fry (baby fish). These include guppies, mollies, swordtail, and platys. Most other fish lay eggs. Various goldfishes lay eggs but they will eat the eggs if given the break, I believe. Others may protect the eggs depending on the type of fish. I believe that parrot cichlids protect their eggs.
All in all, it depends on the fish.
Depends on the fish. Some lay eggs and guard them. Some have live immature and eat them. Some scatter eggs and just take off it at that.
Why does it bother you so much? Maybe your fish is stressed and the cave is where it feels nontoxic. Unblock it, let it go there. I mull over its probably stressed.
I would let it in. Depending on the fish, some lay their eggs surrounded by the open and some in secluded areas. Most fish similar to to hide their egg in caves,logs,and adjectives plants. My goldfish have bred a few times,and the parents ate most of the eggs. If you see any eggs, I would recommend that you put them in a spawning box (attatches to tank) so the parents don't eat them. But, whether you see foam bubbles that is probably where the eggs are. You can tell whether your fish is pregnant by looking at her belly if you see little black things, then she probably is. P.S. don't verbs about her hiding, its natural.
Answers: It depends, what type of fish is it? Mollies, Guppies, Platies, and Swordtails are the types of fish that deliver live fry. On the other hand, Goldfish, Betta fish, Angelfish, etc, all of these fish are egg-layers. It depends on the fish again, whether they guard their eggs until they hold hatched.
For example, Goldfish, when the female is ready to lay eggs, and she does, they spray adjectives over the pond/tank. The male then goes around fertilizing them, and next shortly after, the female and male indulge themselves in a carnival that they have both prepared.
Another example, and totally different are Cichlids, such as Angelfish. These fish choose their own mates, and they mate for life. When equipped, the female and male will spend days cleaning the surface of a chosen place to lay eggs. The female will shift up and down the side of something vertical, like a piece of driftwood you have put in the container, or she will use the underside of a leaf, or the filter, glass of the tank, etc. She lays them within vertical lines, and then the male sprays them with "sperm." After, the feminine and male both bat their fins at the eggs as if they are fanning them. The womanly and male will care for their fry instead of eating them.
With Betta fish, the mannish blows bubbles at the top of the water, creating a bubble nest. The female grows vertical stripes on her underbelly, and then lays the eggs contained by the bubble nest. The male goes to fertilize them, and then shortly after, he will start attacking the feminine and eating the eggs, this is why you need to separate all of them once spawning ends.
In live-bearers, the mannish bumps into the female's anus/hip-area, and ejects his "sperm" into her. She gets pregnant nine out of ten times when this happens. When pregnant, the feminine will grow to be very large, her stomach will look like it is give or take a few to burst, and her gravid spot (a dark spot near her "hips") will grow bigger and darker, this is essentially the eyes of the fry (newborns) she is something like to deliver. She will deliver, and then, if not put in a separate reservoir, or caught early enough, the female and mannish will begin feasting on their newly hatch fry, as well as all the other fish in the container.
As you can see, different fish lay eggs and raise fry differently than others. Every fish is different! It would help us if you specified the type of fish you hold.
Good luck!
