Fat tetra keeps stuffing her face

[Office_Shredder]

We have six glofish tetras (white skirts). Every time we feed them one of them makes amad dash to stuff itself. Lately we have noticed that this fish is getting a bit bloated compared to the others. I'm not sure what to do... I have been thinking about taking it out of the tank sometimes when I feed the rest. On the other hand I have read that maybe she is just full of eggs (which would explain the overeating too I guess). How can I tell which is the case? I don't know whether she is actually female.

 

[venymae]

following. I have a neon that does the same thing, and a poor little guy who barely eats at all...

 

[NYgiantsRP]

When I feed my community with tetras I put my hand in the water and move it around to scare them off and not let them just sit there and eat it all. It helps.

 

[venymae]

The basic (and not super reliable) way to tell neon sex is, the females have a lightly curved blue line while the males have a strait one.

 

[DragonFish71]

The basic (and not super reliable) way to tell neon sex is, the females have a lightly curved blue line while the males have a strait one.

These aren't neon tetras that the OP is talking about, these are glo-tetras, the genetically altered white skirts.

 

[venymae]

Whoops! My bad. Guess I need to read better

 

[Old Scales]

It's a good idea to make the fish fast one day a week. Seems it lets their digestive tracts clear out. Fish in the wild hardly ever get to eat everyday. (Hmmmm, having mad thoughts about Ex Lax about now). OS.