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Old October 2nd 03, 03:13 AM
Shannon
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Default 3 fish pushing round another

If you move her into another tank the eggs would not be fertilised.
The male fertilises the eggs while they are out of the female.

Shannon

"_Scott_" wrote in message
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Yeah I know about the over stocking I am in the process of moving a couple
of the fish to another tank I was waiting to see the gender of the fish
before I did, I now know
I think she is about to release her eggs, not knowing about fish spawning,
if I move her into another tank with the eggs be furtilised or are they
futilised after release?

cheers
Scott
"Mel" wrote in message
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First thing is that your tank is a little overstocked. It's best to give
goldfish 10 gallons each due to their size and the amount of waste they
produce. In overcrowded conditions bullying can occur so this is a
possibility.
If they are about to spawn the males will be chasing the female, pushing
their noses up under her tail and pushing her around the tank. They will
also nudge her quite roughly in the abdomen to try to stimulate the

release
of eggs. This can go on for a while and can be rough on the female.
Mel.

"_Scott_" wrote in message
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Hi everyone,
I have 6 GF in a 120L Tank, 3 of the GF are pushing around and leaning

up
against 1 fish. The fish getting pushed around looks perfectly health,
actually its looking a little fat. I also have tried dropping food in

to
distract the other 3 but they are not interested.
Im wondering if its a she and about to drop a few eggs.

There are no visibal signs of injury to the victim and its swimming

very
hard to keep away from the other 3 fish. Im about to move it to

another
tank
it it keeps up.

any assistance would be great.

cheers
Scott