Guest Capucine Posted September 30, 2007 OH MY GOODNESS! THE TUB ISN'T EVEN CYCLED!!! I'M A GRANDMOTHER!! LAMO! Wow. I DO NOT know what to do!!! There are so many little lives in my hands! I was just going to give her some peas to help "bloating" and I see these tiny balls everywhere... thinking that the tub was REALLY (oddly) dirty and that I betta do the daily water change asap, when I realise! I see that Yin-Yan is a normal streamline goldfish shape and that the specs are EGGS! I can't believe this. I feel proud, amazed, happy, and most of all... worried! Believe me, I wouldn't know what to do first. One thing's for sure - I don't have the space or time for that many fry and then fish! Haha. Geeez, this is... wow. My mouse just had babies too! xD Help! Thank you! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Capucine Posted September 30, 2007 (edited) Okay... I may have overreacted. ARE THEY eggs? Or could they be something else? I'm starting to think maybe it's too good to be true... you know, she's a rescue fish, and she's just in a plain old (well, new) 20 gall. tub at the moment. I do water changes everyday as it's being cycled, I feed her using the 2 min rule, and I give her some peas once a week. I use aquarium salt, and water conditioner. Have I been doing anything wrong? The "circles" are pretty big. Like, hmmm... almost like the sinking goldfish pellets size (it's not them btw, I soak mine first and they get all mushy and big, and they're brown, these "circles" are a very pale yellow, almost white. Plus there are HUNDREDS of these things, not a pinch, lol). I am almost positive that they're eggs, but I wouldn't want to rule anything out? I'm NO expert! Thanks. As I said, help! Please! Any info or comments would be appreciated so much. Edited September 30, 2007 by Capucine 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Capucine Posted September 30, 2007 Umm... can someone please reply? Pretty please? I don't know what I'm doing... I'm not even sure if I should do a water change today. And it was due about 3 hours ago. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Capucine Posted September 30, 2007 Oooookay then... I guess I'm not doing a water change tonight. I'm too scared. Goodnight. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TetraLover 21 Posted September 30, 2007 (edited) Are there any other fish in with her, or is she alone? The eggs will only be fertile if there is a male in there to spray his milt on them. Edited September 30, 2007 by TetraLover 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
viscosity2004 0 Posted September 30, 2007 Make sure to keep an eye on those water parameters. Any unfertilized eggs left behind will foul the water pretty quickly. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Capucine Posted September 30, 2007 Hahaha, I didn't know that. No, there are no males with her. I guess they're all infertile, then. I'm silly. I have no idea how to get them out, though?? They're tiny... a cloth wouldn't work, but it's not like I can pick them up one by one. There are WAY too many. Gahhh. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nickie73 0 Posted September 30, 2007 Can't you do a water change to get them out? 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jamisskat 0 Posted October 1, 2007 no male= no babies do a water change big one especially if the water isnt cycled.. awww well at least you know you have a girl!!! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Capucine Posted October 1, 2007 But there are thousands and they're literally STUCK (unless I peel them off with my fingers but er... gross, lol, and hard work) to EVERYTHING, mostly the bottom. How will getting out a heap of water get them all off? Lol. But don't worry, I shall be doing a water change anyway. I didn't do one yesterday so I'll do like a 75 to 90% change this afternoon. Thanks for the tips, everyone. Lol, sorry for going nuts. Shows how much I know eh? Well at least I'm a bit more informed now. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trinket 108 Posted October 1, 2007 Hi Capucine! Sorry to say a water change wont work. You have to take out the fish and scrub the bottom of the tub and even then it is very hard to get them off completely. But it is possibel. Get a piece of the scratchy media - nothing containing soap of course but anything else like a new wiry dish scrubber- anything and keep scraping. Then you'll have to rinse out well and refill the tub with temp matched water and put your mamma back in. Im afraid this time the eggs are all infertile but hey, what better way to know for sure your fishy is a girl ! 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Capucine Posted October 3, 2007 I already did it, lol. I scrubbed the whole tub and all of the ornaments/fake plants. It all came off. I realised a water change wouldn't help, but alas it's all good now. She's a bit irratic today, but that's understandable. Thanks for the advice, everyone. And yep, it's great to know she is a girl! Haha. 0 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
