my birchir is weirdly fat (pics)

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
C

cyberwaste

Feeder Fish
MFK Member
Aug 29, 2010
389
0
0
Des Moines
i noticed this two days ago my sen bichir was pretty chunky. but i just feed them and didnt think much of it...

but the one got even fatter... and i didnt feed them enough to get that fat.
im pretty puzzled

vg1w9g.jpg

this is next to one of my other bichirs its the same size and age.

2lmrm2p.jpg

by its self...

**the cellphone pictures are pretty crappy**
other info...

i feed my bichirs frozen shrimp(smallest i can find) thawed first and tilapia (fresh)

there in a 29g tall and theres 3 sen bichirs and 3 syno catfish. a 40g HOB filter and water changes every week give or take a few days. sand on the bottom.

the bichir thats fat is a year old

i am assuming the worst but just figured id see if anyone else can shed some light on this

thanks in advance
 
Small tank for a bircir but to me it looks like he/she has dropsy which can be caused by stunted growth, bad water quality, and a whole lot more. I would put him in a hospital tank and treat it with dropsy meds which u can buy online. I had a fish with dropsy once but sadly....he died :(....Good luck
 
ok i have a older (about 2 years old) sen bichir that grew up in the tank. and another bichir i bought the SAME day as the fat one and there just fine... and the bichir in question got fat two days ago... im not trying to argue i just dont think thats what caused this...
 
Are all of the other fish acounted for? could he of ate any decorations, etc..?
 
nothings missing, or ate. the only thing i can think of is that the fish i gave them was bad... il take a full tank picture to show you guys... im still super confusfbjejed

i swear its getting fatter and fatter or maybe im just going crazy... ha
 
wwkjzp.jpg


its decorated with leftover plants and things. but nothing they can eat or get stuck in...
 
JML1997 said:
Are all of the other fish acounted for? could he of ate any decorations, etc..?
Click to expand...
Pretty good vocab for a 13 y.o. MFK.haha.jk but ya i would make sure that u had the same amount of fish that u had 2 days ago. I had 5 goldfish in a 20g(way to small)for about a year...once they started getting bigger i upgraded to a 55g. and only one of those 5 fish had dropsy(my ryukin) so im just sayin not ALL of the fish will get it but its most definitely possible that 1 out of 5 can get it......and im not tryin to argue either ;) and i said that stunted growth is a "Possibility"
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
MonsterFishKeepers.com
Top Bottom