Can a bloated fish be a bad thing?

[ameares8]

So I picked up a tablespoon of gut loaded brine shrimp today and fed a good majority of that to my tank (Sailfin Tang, 3 Clowns, PJ Cardinal and Mandarin Goby). This is only a little more than what I would feed out of a cube (a cube last about 3 - 4 days). So I am looking at my tank before I go to bed and I think one of my clowns is pregnant. Turns out, everyone including my semi-shy Mandarin got stuffed on these brine shrimp. I watched them all eat, but did not realize how full they had become.

Could this turn out to be a bad thing? It may seem like a dumb question, but I have heard of stranger things making fish sick or even killing them. Just looking for some opinions.

Also, here are some pictures of the pigs....er fish.
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[andywe]

Well, it can be unfortunately. What can happen is digest tract issues with clogging..so wath them and make sure they poop. Odds are they will be fine, but you don't want to cause issues like this in the future.

 

[Mikeyjer]

Fish will eat til they over stuff and kill themselves in the process...lol
They will be just fine! Their tummies will be down tomorrow trust me! Fish have a very high metabolism I've noticed, especially tangs! They can have a fat belly one day and pinched stomach the next. Pinched is what you don't wanna see cause that CAN cause them issues later when they just plain don't eat anything you feed. I've lost a few that way when I skipped feedings when I had some issues with food and algae problem. I personally will not worry about their over stuffed belly, you can feed them again tomorrow without issues! If you didn't feed and they have a huge belly, then there's a problem you have to worry about. Most likely an bacterial infection! For now just think they're fat happy fish!!!!

 

[Mikeyjer]

By the way, mandarin looks mighty healthy to me, you definitely don't want to see a pinched stomach in a mandarin.

 

[commonstranger]

Looks like they went to McDonalds to me good job Anthony. lol

 

[ameares8]

Lol, thanks guys. I figured as much, but I thought it would be better to ask than assume.