Bloated tetras

[Scottw68TN]

Hi guys 1st post ever! 2 of my tetras (out of 5)seem extremely chubby. have been since a bacterial infection 2 months ago in the QT tank. They are healthy acting and all water perms are great. I have a 2 tigers (out of 8) that seem to be chunking up to. Any speculations? Do they get permenant damage from this sort of thing? I do not think its dropsy because it doesn't make them that big or "pine cone" them.

 

[ACreque]

sounds like some fatboys, i had community fish, some displayed dominance, thus getting fat too

 

[Scottw68TN]

Yeah the do seem to be the dominate ones. getting most of the food.

 

[TankGirl]

If they are behaving normally and are eating, and you see no unusual poop (stringy or white, or otherwise different) trailing along behind them, then they may just be porky!

 

[shawmutt]

Female cardinal and neon tetras get much rounder and fuller than their male counterparts...especially when they mature and start carrying eggs. I don't know if it's the same for all tetras though.

 

[TankGirl]

I know that to be true for white clouds and for tiger barbs, personally, so it sounds logical, especially they appear otherwise normal.

 

[notmuffy]

It is true that some tetras just get fat. Also I noticed my seemingly-dominant tetra (Harlequin I think) even changed color. He had a very noticeable orangish tint to him, and he was kind of bossy to the others.