Fat, egg filled or sick?

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  1. Swisswiss

    Swisswiss Caribbean Reef Squid

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    I have been the proud owner of 2 true percula for about a year and a half now ( the female is clearly distinguished by her larger size) I have never seen her this fat though. granted the picture was taken right after eating but its already about 4 days she seems exceedingly fat. im worried she might have some stomach problem.

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    thank you for the help, iv read they dont really get "pregnant" (duh) but i was hopping her fatness was due to her being filled with eggs.
     

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  3. Swisswiss

    Swisswiss Caribbean Reef Squid

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    also what i feed all my fish is a frozen mixture i make myself composed of; shrimp, codfish, red flakes, green flakes, nori algae, black mussel and scallops all blended together.
     
  4. billielewis3

    billielewis3 Gigas Clam

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    My buddies black mollies got all fat like that and a week or two later he had over 60 black mollies! So I hope she's preggo:)
     
  5. clarkkey594

    clarkkey594 Aiptasia Anemone

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    Can you describe for us how the clown has been acting lately? Anything out of the ordinary?
     
  6. Kevin3884

    Kevin3884 Tassled File Fish

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    she may be egg filled, but most likely just fat if that pic was taken after a feeding...if she's egg filled the chances of any living to mature in a tank that isnt DEVOTED to clown breeding is about as close to 0% as u can get...so dont get ur hopes up thinking ur gonna have a tank full of clowns soon..lol;)
     
  7. Swisswiss

    Swisswiss Caribbean Reef Squid

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    hahah yea i didnt have high hopes, in terms of behaving im out most of the day for work so i cant keep an eye on them 24. at night they tend to sleep apart from each other, the female ravishes the anemone you see her in the picture while the male hangs around the torch. other than that i have not noticed them swimming up the water column at night, the male has his spasms once in a while near the torch but nothing out of the usual. is there anything special i should be keeping an eye out for?