Really fat cardinal tetras

Tetras, Hatchetfish, Pencilfish, Other Characin Fish (Silver Dollar, Headstander, Leporinus)
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Hi All,

2-3 cardinal tetras are extremely fat - look massively bloated and 3 times the size than others. Swimming and eating ok. I did read it’s possible they could be full of eggs, but do I need to do anything about it or just leave them. Surely it’s extremely uncomfortable for them 🙈


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If it’s eggs then possibly a large cooler water change might trigger spawning.
240L Fluval Roma with Oase 600 Biomaster: 1 German red bristlenose, 4 male cherry barbs, 6 standard rummynose, 3 golden rummynose tetra, 9 emperor tetra, 14 cardinal tetra, 2 hengeli rasbora, 3 nerite snails, 1 adult Sulawesi snail and multiple juveniles continually appearing.

Parameters: gH2, kH1, pH7.4 (tap).
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Thanks a lot, I’m doing regular fairly large water changes with cool water, corys spawning non stop, worried if these tetras are unwell or something as been like that a while..
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Gravid females, they'll drop when they feel like it. I had lemon females that did exactly the same.
How soft is the water?
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plankton wrote: Fri Dec 25, 2020 8:49 am Gravid females, they'll drop when they feel like it. I had lemon females that did exactly the same.
How soft is the water?
Thanks Plankton. I was wondering it’s taking a while. I’m talking weeks and weeks now like this 🙈
The water is super soft 3-4 German and KH 1..
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My lemon females held on for months sometimes...... :rolleyes:
The parameters should be just right for them.
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