My Mandarin is about to pop!

[CFQTPye]

Ok so I have an over weight mandarin. At this point I do NO special feedings for him because my tank is self-sufficient. I have a second mandarin who arrived to me emaciated and in a few short months I brought him from being skeletal to a nicely fleshed fish (Yay for me :wink . Please don't yell at me for having two mandarings i my tank. They've both been in for 6 months or more and I've had no aggression or fighting.

However, my initial mandarin is beyond pleasantly plump and looks like he's about to burst :faint:. Do I have a problem on my hand or is it just SUPER well fed? Again... I do NOT do supplementary feedings for my mandarins. See Pics below.

Input much appreciated,

 

[gacolt]

i think your dragonet has babies brewing as that is a female

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

i think your dragonet has babies brewing as that is a female

+1. That was my first thought.

 

[eliramos]

That's awesome man! Congrats!

 

[CFQTPye]

This dragonet is i believe still a juvenile. It's about 1" long. The other dragonet is a bit bigger but does not have the longated dorsal spine as males typically do. The one is about 1.5". Are dragonets sexually dimorphic? Is it possible it's full of eggs, not necessarily babies?? Man how do I take care of the fry.... you got my head spinning now at this possibility.

 

[gacolt]

my old dragonets had babies all the time i never did anything nature will take care of it for you..unless you want to try breeding

 

[manny mandarin]

Dont think shes preggers they lay eggs instantly after the mating dance which float around in the tank, shes just a little fatty, a very very pretty little fatty