It's a maleHi, does it look like he’s bloated? I’ve been feeding him a lot of fresh bbs, copepods from culture tank, and frozen foods along with the other fish. I’ve been trying to fatten him up more but he kind of looks bloated to me? Or does he look like he’s putting good weight on? I know they should be well rounded. He’s very active and doesn’t like his picture taken so they’re not supper clear.
it does look well fed recently, don't worry it will go down but yes it looks like a full belly, and a happy fish
Thank you. That makes me feel a lot better knowing he's not just bloating like he's getting sick. He constantly hunts. Last night, I put in probably enough for a highly concentrated 16oz bottle. I use a 40 micron sieve so I have to watch how much to culture. I still need get a 200 micron sieve just for adult copepods.It's a male
These guys will feed all day if a food source is available. While it looks full, keep an eye on it to assure its just that and not liver or constipation issueHi, does it look like he’s bloated? I’ve been feeding him a lot of fresh bbs, copepods from culture tank, and frozen foods along with the other fish. I’ve been trying to fatten him up more but he kind of looks bloated to me? Or does he look like he’s putting good weight on? I know they should be well rounded. He’s very active and doesn’t like his picture taken so they’re not supper clear.
How do I know if it's liver or constipation verses a full belly? He has constant food supply.
really by reducing food availability and see if it thins. If internal issue as mentioned, fish would slow down with feeding and poop white.
He was like this only today. He might be different tonight after I get off work since they're like humming birds. I put enough to last nearly a week but I will keep an eye on the population as it goes. I was trying to culture the tigger pods in the culture tank so I tried to leave as many in there as possible. There's an explosion of copepods in there that it nearly blocked the sieve taking half the culture water out to feed him last night. So I'm betting he may have gorged himself last night. I've never seen him with a rounded belly like this. If he was a female, I'd have my bets on eggs but I'm betting just a full belly. I need to pick up a bottle of selcon for the bbs and frozen foods. I have probably 5-7 types of frozen that the fish are ignoring since I release the live BBS. Crabs are definitely not running out things to eat. I'm hoping the mandarin is eating some of the frozen that fell in that I bought directly for him since the two clowns are going nuts for the live that they're chasing the copepods a little bit too. I may just go ahead and culture my own frozen BBS and do it that way.
