How fat is too fat?

[Steve_C]

One of my dels is "blue", she's a big girl, but has a nice personality All kidding a side, she's always been thick which I've heard is normal for a CB del, but she's got even bigger now in the year that I have had her. So I'm starting to wonder, is there a point where a poly is "too fat" meaning it's not good for their health?

 

[tlindsey]

One of my dels is "blue", she's a big girl, but has a nice personality All kidding a side, she's always been thick which I've heard is normal for a CB del, but she's got even bigger now in the year that I have had her. So I'm starting to wonder, is there a point where a poly is "too fat" meaning it's not good for their health?

How often do feed the Del?

 

[Go_redfish]

She looks like a sausage with fins.. (I say that jokingly, not as an insult)

I've been wondering about poly weight issues too. The sen I have is only fed every few days and tho she isn't very fat yet she hasn't gotten any thinner either.

 

[Joshomaru]

Where I come from, we would say she has a sweet spirit.

 

[tlindsey]

I feed my larger poly's every other day.

 

[Steve_C]

I feed that tank once per day with pellets. Then on Sundays they get thawed krill. Sometimes I'll skip one day of feeding as well just to give them a day without food.

 

[FishBeast]

One of my dels is "blue", she's a big girl, but has a nice personality All kidding a side, she's always been thick which I've heard is normal for a CB del, but she's got even bigger now in the year that I have had her. So I'm starting to wonder, is there a point where a poly is "too fat" meaning it's not good for their health?

Damn bro, she ain’t thick... she’s THICC! Adorable but she probably has a fatty liver. Not sure if the obesity will affect lifespan. Definitely super cute though.

 

[Matteus]

Damn bro, she ain’t thick... she’s THICC! Adorable but she probably has a fatty liver. Not sure if the obesity will affect lifespan. Definitely super cute though.

Haha. Big girls need lovin too. She’s purdy, my ornate would like her. Lol.

In the wild these guys can often go weeks or months with out food depending on the season. They do a funny thing where they cram food into their body. If they do this on a daily basis it can definitely cause obesity which would never be good. Lots of people need to monitor the diets of their polys to make sure they don’t over eat. Some times what I do is I feed floating pellets to my other fish so the poly will miss out a few days a week on food.

 

[Vancouver_98683]

S Steve_C what are the hurdles you’re experiencing when they eat? Notice an Indo dat & Severum in the video. Attached below to show everyone the Dels environment. Don’t see them as too fatt, but they are fat

 

[Matteus]

S Steve_C what are the hurdles you’re experiencing when they eat? Notice an Indo dat & Severum in the video. Attached below to show everyone the Dels environment. Don’t see them as too fatt, but they are fat

Looks beautiful. The video doesn’t make them look as big as that pic. Must be right after a feed in the pic. Love the background S Steve_C