Fatman

This fish looks too fat. What's up with it? We only add a pinch of food once a day (for both fish in the tank). On the advice of a fish-owning mate we're gong to reduce that to feeding every other day. But what's up with this? The fish is almost round for goodness' sake! Is it going to explode?


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andypugh2000

At a rough guess I would say he has constipation, my fish had it and it upset his balance, I starved him for 5 days and all was well

andy

Rob Walker

I had a fish exactly like that.. Seemed happy enough for a few years until the cat ate it

Tiggs

nice tank set up by the way!

mj

LMAO@tiggs, subtle is your middle name

serious answer - http://www.practical-water-gardens.com/dropsy.htm

BOB.T

Looks like it's busting for a right good fart!

Good luck with it, hope it does better than mine! (my latest fish is fine btw)

mj

picture No2 maybe?

ajm

Yeah try reducing the feeding a bit, chances are it will be ok.

Do keep an eye on the scales though... if they start lifting it could be a sign of dropsy, an internal gram negative bacterial infection, which isn't good.

mj

Dr Bob, LOL.

David Lock

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Bubba po

I'm sure it's just a feature of the breed.

ScoobywagonGl

PMSL cats and fish dont mix! im finding that out!

ajm

You got that right!

David Lock

No it's SN and cats that don't mix

ScoobywagonGl

Aint that the truth careful they might lock it ... abuse to fish

Jap2Scrap

I reckon it's been eating too many cakes.. fish-cakes if you will..

GM

Buy it a bike.....

Fatman

lol... they did have some plants in there to occupy their three-second memories, but the silly sods ate them! They've got a TV (the yellow thing on the right). What more could they ask?

Thanks for the suggestions. If there's more out there - keep 'em coming.

ScoobywagonGl

buy the silly sods some more plants! I changed my tacky plastic plants for some real ones and in 2 weeks they had completely eaten one apparently cos it had colourful leaves! now they are slowly making their way round the others! Give em somewhere to hide aswell, you can buy bogwood from aquatics quite cheaply mine love it I have a shipwreck aswell!

Fatman

OK, so we've established we can't decorate a fish tank for **** (well my g/f can't - they're her fish really! ) lol. So dropsy is the most likely cause of "inflatedfi****is"?

De Warrenne

But cats and scoobs do mix, used to live in very quiet village, on return from work, our cat would be waiting for me at edge of village, I'd open door, he'd jump in and we'd drive the rest of the way to our home, he loved it. Think it was the purr of the engine....

Jay m A

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They say that pets often resemble their owners

ScoobywagonGl

No hope for me then!

Leslie

I bet he is supposed to look like that.

Les

ajm

Its true those type of goldfish are supposed to look very fat, but not to the extent where their scales stick out like a "fir cone". I can't see on the pictures whether this is the case or not (the top picture looks like they are but the bottom picture looks fine), but if they are sticking out then it can be a sign of dropsy as I said above.

Fatman.... feedback please! Are the scales lieing flat as they should be?

Fatman

I don't recall them sticking out - certainly not significantly otherwise we'd have noticed. I'll have a closer look when I get home tonight.

davegtt

Its a fan tail, its supposed to be fat great fish IMO

jjones

put it in the blender with some ice.

no more fat fish and a tasty and nutritious smoothie into the bargain

ScoobywagonGl

Sicko lol

Fatman

The scales are, indeed, sticking out pine cone-style.