fat fish? (pics)

[adee]

Ok, my yellow tang is an eating machine, i mean the fish doesnt freakin' stop, its always picking at the rock, algae sheets, stealing stingrays food (mysis that floats out of the baster), exc.. today however i noticed its abdomen looks kinda swollen, like it ate a lot.. i did offer a pretty good size piece of algae sheet, how long does it take fish to digest and when should i look for its stomach to not look as distended? should i just give it a day or so off from eating and see what happens? is there more to his "size"

cannot get a decent head on pic of this fish!

 

[t316]

Definately looks healthy. You could easily skip a day and it's not going to harm him at all. I have cut back to only feeding every other day and I have 3 tangs in the tank with 9 other fish, but my reason was to keep the algea away. Every time you feed, some of it is going to the bottom and turns to waste.

 

[adee]

thanks T.. when i got home today to check the fish (As if it would kill me to unload my pockets, set the keys down, exc first lol) i almost freaked out when i saw how swollen its belly was lol... had to post and make sure it was ok. i had seen a few other "swollen stomach" fish here when i did a search engine (before i wasted post space, i did check) and saw some fish really did have problems... figured better safe then sorry

 

[t316]

If he stays this way, and you don't see him pooping for several days, then that might be a real problem. Could be backing up or something, and I am no expert in those areas. But just looking at the pics, he looks healthy to me, just full, like when I get up from a buffet

 

[adee]

lol... ill keep an eye out for that poop lol.. i totally know what you mean about the buffet

 

[tad]

I saw one the other day at a LFS and it looked just like yours, huge belly but really healthy. Its belly kinda almost looked lumpy.

 

[adee]

it actually looks much better today

sooo glad!!! guess i wont be offering quite as much algae sheets in the future lol