Due to having to move my goldfish into the tank my male betta was living in, I had to stick a divider in a 10 gallon tank and he is now living in there with a female betta on the other side. Ever since he has moved there, my female has become eggy. What do I do? She won't drop the eggs. Should I let them breed and hope she eats the eggs? HELP!
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I see... She looks more bloated than gravid. I've never had a girl swell up like that prior to spawning. Some Epsom salt baths might help and good parameters. Make sure you are soaking dried food before feeding for now, and/or feeding frozen food so she can easily digest it and it isn't swelling in her tummy. What are the parameters?
Breeding isn't that simple. It puts a huge amount of stress on both male and female fish and required prior conditioning for at least a week or 2. The female also normally gets beat up really bad.
Is there some one who would take the goldfish so you can move the fish back to their prior situation? Or at least take one or both of the bettas? A 20 gallon is REALLY small for more than a few fancies.
She should absorb the eggs if she is completely out of sight from the male. Do you have a picture of her?