catholicteacher Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 So... I have been around plenty of 6 lines but I have never noticed this: I just got one from a local store and within a day its belly got huge, is there a possibility its pregnant? Here are some pix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
defigart Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 While is possible that your sixline is a female and is holding eggs, there are no known labriforms (fish in the Suborder Labroidei, [i.e. wrasses, parrotfish, cichlids]) that are known to carry live young in any fashion, (There are atleast 7 different methods that fish carry "live young"). My personal guess is a swim bladder problem (probably not if it wasn't that way when you bought it) or it has eaten a lot of pods in your tank, and has filled out. Ive noticed the later with several 12-line (aka 4-line) wrasses. Both fish are closely related. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael7979 Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Is the fish acting weird? Or does it seem to be swimming normally, not hiding? Looks fat and happy to me but that is just a guess! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downhill_biker Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 My sixline probably looked fatter than that even when I first got it. The fish went crazy at an all-you-can-eat buffet. It slowed down a bit afterward, but the first few days it was super fat from eating pods and bugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsoz Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Fish have a very low developed brain, and do not have a mechanism to stop eating because it is "full." As long as there is food, it will eat. There are stories about people feeding fish to the point of their stomach exploding because "he must be hungry because he kept eating." Once your pods go down in number, he won't be that fat. dsoz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catholicteacher Posted March 15, 2009 Author Share Posted March 15, 2009 I was only thinking it wasnt because it ate so much b/c it was literally the next day. The classic part is that the kids name the fish and this one was named the name of the principal b/c it is really fat. For the sake of my job I renamed it Rush Limbaugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kriswaters Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 I had the same thing happen with both my Foxface and Blue Tang. They both consumed so much of the algea on my rocks that their wee tummies bulged out! Silly fish! I prayed they didn't pop, and now that the algea is diminished, they have gone back to normal. Kris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerv503 Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 that's great, but are you sure its pregnant not belly full. Wrase eats algae and all the tiny food particles on rocks and sea bed;). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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