Egg Binding -- How do I prevent this?

[starsplitter7]

I am so tired of losing my female fish to egg binding. What can I do to prevent this, help them expell the eggs, . . .?

I had a beautiful, healthy, large, fiesty, greedy, wonderful female killie for a year now. She got egg bond yesterday, breathing hard, . . . I came home from work and she was dead.

I have lost my beloved and hard to find female Bristlenose to egg binding.

Do they need special food, special water, please help me fix this problem.

[FishyLady]

I am so very sorry to read this, wish so much that I could help, but unfortunately I know nothing about fish breeding.

Val

[starsplitter7]

I am not purposely breeding them. They are doing this on their own.