Re: Female with our without eggs

[IDMiamiBob <IDMiamiBob@aol.com>]

Kristofer  writes:

<< My female A. Trifasciata had been hiding the last week. The male was
> protecting her. I thougt they should/had spawn. Then she one day floated
> at the surface, dead. Was she sick or pregnant? She didn't look sick at
> all! >>

She could have been "egg bound", a very rare condition where she has trouble
for some reason actually getting the eggs to come out.  This is sometimes
fatal, as the eggs will eventually die and rot inside her.

Bob Dixon