Neon tetra

[Chandeptitious]

I have ten neon tetra at the moment and I noticed this morning that some of them have fat bellies. Could they be pregnant or bloated/constipated? They're still very active and are all eating well. I can't get a decent picture because they're still moving around a lot. At this point I'm only curious, I'm not too worried about them yet as they don't seem to be having any other problems.

 

[Lt.]

What is your feeding schedule? What do you feed them? Are they eating?

I know I had this problem with my Rummy Noses a while back, but then I uped the feedings a bit and the problem went away.

 

[Chandeptitious]

Once a day, in the morning. And I've only ever fed them flakes, I was told with my other fish that more than that would be over feeding.

 

[Chandeptitious]

And they do eat, they get really excited about it

 

[Lt.]

Good flakes are fine, and how often do you feed? I feed my fish flakes, shrimp pellets, veggie wafers, and bloodworms when I can afford'em. I feed 2 pinches of flakes a day, a few shrimp pellets every other day, and a couple algae wafers or bloodworms every few days.

 

[Chandeptitious]

I give them a good pinch of flakes of a morning and every now and then an algae flake. I have a bit of a variety of fish (guppies, sucking catfish, female betta and a dwarf gourami that I keep separate because he's aggressive towards the others) and I haven't gone any further with different food for them. I've only been keeping fish for five or six months so I don't really know much about it all.. Ha. Here's a few pictures, all different fish. Sorry the angles aren't all that good

 

[hecurcia]

I have observed that neon tetras get bloated very easily. Two of the 13 I have get bloated not so often and they swim head up. I starve them for a day and they recover. I also feed them skinless boiled peas once or twice a month to help their digestion.

 

[hecurcia]

Oh, this is an old post. I hope they are doing better!

 

[Chandeptitious]

It is and they are doing much better thanks for your advice anyway!