Re: Gravid Ram

[Mike & Diane Wise <apistowise@bewellnet.com>]

Eric,

Most fish will re-absorb or expel the eggs. Only
rarely do cichlids become egg bound.

Mike Wise

EESweet@aol.com wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> A couple of weeks ago one of my male rams
> started beating on the female
> pretty badly and I was forced to seperate them.
> She is now living a much
> more peaceful life in my girlfriends tank and
> I've traded the male off to my
> LFS, but I noticed she's still becoming VERY
> full of eggs.  Is this something
> I should be concerned with?  Is there any
> potential for harm to her
> considering she'll have no opportunity to mate?
> One of the guys at my LFS
> said they can become "eggbound" and die?  Help!
>
> Thanks,
> Eric



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