What is wrong with my perc?

[vance.110]

Well I thought things were going well. My Percs have been dancing for a few weeks now and the female has swelled a few times with what I thought were eggs. I just figured nothing had happened yet because they were new at this. Well this last time my female has gotten absolutly huge and hangs out in the nest all day waiting on dad to come over so I thought we were getting somewhere. Today I come home from work and she looks terrible, really pale not in the nest anymore and she has a few little clear balls attached to her. I don't think the balls are eggs (Never seen eggs in person) she's still huge, one is pretty large, like the size of her eye, the other couple are smaller. Any ideas?

[MarinaP]

She could be egg-bound.

Don't feed anybody, give her some time to recover. She should be able to absorb the eggs in a matter of days.

I had experienced the same problem with my chrysopterus female, do a search in the breeding forum for "egg-bound female". You will find more info.

I would also drop SG slightly.