Regular Member npila1 Posted November 18, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 18, 2010 (edited) Hey guys, I just noticed that my common Sparkle has breeding tubercles on his gills. I always thought he was a male but now it's confirmed! He's in a separate tank right now because he was fighting with Lucky, who I also think is a male, and I had to separate them. So do I need to do anything about it? I'm asking because I remember reading that it's bad for example to have a female with eggs without a male in the tank, but I don't know how this applies to males. Thanks! Edited November 18, 2010 by npila1 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Cynders Posted November 18, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 18, 2010 No it's not bad. I have one very naughty female with 5 boys now. She just reabsorbs her eggs and so will your female. It's usually less of a problem with singletail goldfish. Is the male getting really pushy? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member npila1 Posted November 18, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted November 18, 2010 No it's not bad. I have one very naughty female with 5 boys now. She just reabsorbs her eggs and so will your female. It's usually less of a problem with singletail goldfish. Is the male getting really pushy? Hmmm, I thought I read it's bad for the female to reabsorb eggs. But maybe I just remember wrong. Well, he used to chase her around, but now he's in a tank alone. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Cynders Posted November 18, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 18, 2010 No they do that naturally. It's bad when they become impacted and they're stuck full of eggs. Usually it's not a problem. Perhaps it's a space issue? How long has he been in the naughty tank? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member npila1 Posted November 18, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted November 18, 2010 He's been in there for 2.5 weeks now. He is very active/playful and looks happy though. The tubercles are very small and I barely noticed them, so they may have even been there for a while. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Cynders Posted November 18, 2010 Regular Member Share Posted November 18, 2010 Perhaps try adding him back. He may behave now. If not I would put him back in his naughty tank. He could just be trying to breed. What is your water temp? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member npila1 Posted November 18, 2010 Author Regular Member Share Posted November 18, 2010 I'm hesitant about putting him back because I first added a divider and put him on one side on his own and then tried to remove it to see if he would be better, and he ended up chasing/harassing Lucky so much that he got his eye injured. The water temperature fluctuates between 72-75. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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