Strawberry Basslet...Very Fat! ???

ShirleyM · 06-26-2002, 09:43 PM

Hello,
Our Strawberry Basslet of about 16 mos is VERY fat. She's swimming all over the place, eating, etc. and looks like she either ate all our new nassarius snails or is about to spawn...??? (we only have one) This is in our 120G reef tank.
Any ideas?

Shirley

Alice · 06-27-2002, 11:12 AM

Have you seen it um, poop? Could be stopped up. It could also be eggbound....although I'm not sure if they will develop eggs in the abscence of a male??

Where's Spanky when you need him?

m3rma1d · 06-27-2002, 11:22 AM

squeeze her!!!!
or call jenny craig!!

JUST KIDDING!!!!!!!!!

ShirleyM · 06-27-2002, 08:29 PM

Well, she's (he's) still just as fat, acts perfectly fine and very active, eating normally...

Jedi - your comment gave me a great laugh!

Shirley

MontanaRocknReefer · 06-28-2002, 09:55 AM

We had a pair of firefish and the female got quite large in the stomach and died after a few weeks! I opened her up and found several eggs so she was definately egg bound!! Hope this is not your case! Johnny

ShirleyM · 06-28-2002, 10:08 AM

Me Too! And I hope she's not trying to keep up with our Bourke's Parakeets...13 eggs - they still haven't got it right!
Last night we moved them into their regular home -- no nestbox...probably won't make a difference! Except she's now back to giving Steve all her attention instead of Papa Bourke!

I'll keep you posted on Strawberry...

Shirley