Can fish die from obesity?
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For fish I believe it’s more deposition of fat in different organs overtime. Leads to organ dysfunction and death.
Common sense dictates that obesity in any creature is an unhealthy condition, leaving an elevated potential for organ failure & death.
Ok so what does the fat do that kill the fish? Make its internal organs not working properly?
I have seen rift lake cichlids whose liver consisted mostly of fat. That fish had died from eating too much and especially eating too much protein.
Opening dead fish is not a nice thing but it can be helpful to understand what caused their death.
Opening dead fish is not a nice thing but it can be helpful to understand what caused their death.
Please do, would be interesting to see. It is quite a big issue: https://reefbuilders.com/2015/02/06/fatty-liver-disease-in-captive-marine-fishes/
It apparently is also a bit of a demon for public aquaria, where they feed their fish very often to make sure everyone gets food.
You could do a search here on fatty liver disease, there's been too many posts and discussions of this to mention just one or list them all, but essentially overfeeding or too much protein or fat in the diet causes it.
Also, ime one of the main causes of bloat is an overfed fish, another is stress (especially from aggression). I figured this out during the years I bred Malawi cichlids-- once I recognized this and addressed it that was the end of any occasional losses to bloat.
Also, ime one of the main causes of bloat is an overfed fish, another is stress (especially from aggression). I figured this out during the years I bred Malawi cichlids-- once I recognized this and addressed it that was the end of any occasional losses to bloat.