Regular Member number20121 Posted October 31, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 Last night Orange Fishie wanted to let me know that he too is a she, having some whitish clear stuff hanging out of her vent that looked slightly zigzaggy. So I fished Orange Fishie out of the tank shortly after midnight (I was working until 11:30pm) and checked the vent, to find that this fish indeed has a well developed knob. It just doesn't stick out as much as the ones of the other girls, so from the side it wasn't visibile, and as a comet she moves around too much to be able to just get a good look at it while she is swimming. I always thought she is was boy, but now this explains why she didn't get breeding stars. But now my question is: all my goldfish seem to be female. Really all of them have a more or less visible knob, even tiny Chibi. Can this be a problem eventually, not having a male fish around? I don't want them all to end up being egg bound or so. Or will the lack of a male keep the girls from being too interested in breeding and I don't even need to worry about them getting egg bound? IF a fish gets egg bound, how can you tell and what can you do? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Hidr Posted October 31, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 They get very round. Not very active and not much you can do but hope they well be ok. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member number20121 Posted October 31, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 Bummer. I thought there was a way to massage them or so. I thought I read something like that some while ago somewhere. Maybe when I get the big tank I should intentionally look to add a male fish then? Would this reduce the risk of getting egg bound? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Hidr Posted October 31, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 I lost two females to egg binding. I had a male in the tank. Didn't seem to help. Also yes you can massage or squeze them but does more damage then helps from everything I read. A little salt and clean water is your best bet and hope they pass them or assorb them with no problems. I have two females now in my tank with three males but Foster the commet is only here till spring/early summer at the latest I hope. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member dogsbykat Posted October 31, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 Fang, I'm pretty sure I have 3 boys in my single tail's tank, maybe we should arrange a play date; I'm sure my boys would appreciate having a girl around once in a while 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member number20121 Posted October 31, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 (edited) Gotcha. I have seen Hugo reabsorb eggs twice, and it seems like Orange Fishie did the same last night. I guess I will just have to hope for the best then. :-/ And I really don't understand how out of six goldfish I picked six femmes. Well, I picked only 3 of them, the other 3 are just fished out by the LFS employee when I told them back then that I want two of the comets, two of the shubunkins and two moors. Although only one each survived my starting-out-all-wrong-disaster. Girls are tough EDIT: BuggyBear: I bet they'd love hanging out with my six beauties. All my girls look different, I'm sure the boys will be able to find the right girl for them. My fish tank looks like the home of a generic girl band LOL Sporty Fish, Posh Fish, Baby Fish, Ginger Fish,....etc OMG NO lol Edited October 31, 2010 by Oerba Yun Fang 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin koko Posted October 31, 2010 Admin Share Posted October 31, 2010 Yeah unless you really know where to squeeze the fish at and gently with it, you can kill them trying to release the eggs hun, Not worth it 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member number20121 Posted October 31, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 Eww nasty. One thing I'll for sure not going to try! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mikroll Posted October 31, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 why not just get them a nice boy? egg bound, if that happens you will see severe swelling on one side and death normally follows shortly. pictured is a female oranda egg bound one hur before death. She suddenly swelled up and that was it. one ovary ( note only one side is swollen) was blocked and then ruputured. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Captain Findus Goldfish Posted October 31, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 I have read that following the natural 'temperature' cycle can help. I also have mostly girls I was thinking of trying to slowly drop the temp this winter (and feed less) and then raise it once spring arrives. I also read that it is always good to have a clear - 'fat' and 'thin' time for fish. Feeding more in warmer months+ more protein, and more veggies in winter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member number20121 Posted October 31, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 Thanks for the tips Federica! Temperature I can't really change. I live in the south, so in summer the tank temperature goes up to about 88 since I got no AC. Not always that warm, but up to 84 a lot. I'm helping it with a fan blowing at the tanks and keeping the lids open a bit. Can't do that too much because of the cats. In winter the temperature drops to about 66 I think, as the water is a bit colder than room temperature. So in winter I should replace like what, half of the food with fresh veggies, and the other half pellets, and in summer less veggies, or how? I gotta look this up. And yes, mikroll, when I got a larger tank I will definitely look for a nice big boy for my girls. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mikroll Posted October 31, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 feeding= hi protien in warmer weather and low protien (greens) in cool water. My goldfish have no heat so they just follow the weather inside is house temps and outside is Winter ... But if you see what my fish eat you wuld scream and the others wuld surely stone me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member number20121 Posted October 31, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 lol Now I'm curious, you can pm me. I wont judge you lol 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Captain Findus Goldfish Posted October 31, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 I wana know too! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mikroll Posted October 31, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 lol Now I'm curious, you can pm me. I wont judge you lol sorry Fang but you know the crazy rules here , no PM , for two years or 200 posts or something like that i think, but you can send me e mail for info or look here http://s29.photobucket.com/albums/c288/mikroll/calico%20oranda/?action=view¤t=DSCN2590.jpg and here ha ha http://s29.photobucket.com/albums/c288/mikroll/vari/?action=view¤t=DSCN6363.jpg also spinach, and cabbage and spirulaina pellets,+ lemons are well recieved. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Captain Findus Goldfish Posted October 31, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 oh Yum I love Surimi! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member mikroll Posted October 31, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 yes surimi seems to work well and is very economic compared to fish store food although it does contain a little bit of starch ( considered bad),maybe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member number20121 Posted October 31, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted October 31, 2010 I don't really see this as too bad! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member number20121 Posted November 1, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted November 1, 2010 wait, that's cat food? oO 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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