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Old 12-06-2007, 05:15 PM
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Hi two of my females (?) are kinda got big bellys, are they fat or what...?what else could it be?
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If they are females then there gonna be full of eggs just like most other female fish.
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but the are live bearers...
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but the are live bearers...
Well full of babies then FFS lol use ur noodle!
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hope fully !
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malawis are not live bearers the hold the eggs in their mouths till hatch and ready to spit out i have told you this before
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oh yes.....dont member tell me that...
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could be bloat. meaning that you are feeding them incorrectly/too much. poor water quality. general below acceptable care
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I was gonna say since when was there a species of livebearing cichlid maybe mouth brooders but not live bearers like guppies. Oh and I agree with Mike probably bloat
when was the last time you did a water change?
what do you feed them?
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