Clownfish bulging stomach

[Polkman]

My clowns are in qt and I just noticed that one of them has a bulging stomach. I fed them right before I noticed, and they're both eating well. Tomorrow they will be going into their last ttm and I will dose that tank with prazi. Any idea what this is? Internal parasites? Swim bladder issue? Or bloated? I do feed 2 times a day. He seems to be swimming fine. Sometimes a little diagonally but majority of the time he seems to be swimming normally. Here is a picture.

 

[BIGCYCS805]

Might be a female and holding eggs my clowns stomach gets like that right before they lay

 

[Polkman]

I probably should add that they're most likely still juveniles. The male is about just a little over an inch and the female is an inch and a half. And the one that is fat is the male.

 

[ThRoewer]

If they like the food you give them and they are healthy they may stuff themselves like this. This is even more likely with captive bred clowns that have learned to stuff themselves with whatever they can get or loose out to their tank mates.

So if they are otherwise acting normal I wouldn't be too alarmed at this point.
If this goes together with abnormal behavior like lethargy and refusing to eat I would be concerned.

 

[FishN00b83]

IDK if I have seen overfeeding to that extent. Fish can get a swollen abdomen that could be caused by a bacterial or viral infection. If it doesnt go down in a day or 2 I would start medicating with Metro.

 

[afrayler]

I have a skunk clown that tends to grab as much food as possible, when I first got him he looked similar I backed off my feeding slightly and it helped!

 

[savvybuckeye7]

Doesn't look like there's anything wrong just a gut loaded fish. Just means he's full and probably very happy!

 

[lynchmob3000]

He's just full, all my smaller fish look like this until they get larger in size too.

 

[DrawnToBeaches]

My fish stuff themselves with clams and usually have the extended belly because they like it so much, no other food item gets them to overstuffed their faces

 

[Polkman]

Thanks for the replies guys. Unfortunately the female clown passed today. Not sure from what, although she was quite skinny and seemed like she was breathing heavily. She was still going after food yesterday but looked like she was struggling to get it in her mouth. The male seems healthy still. I gotta say, this quarantine stuff is hard.. They both went through 3 formalin baths and just finished their ttm procedure. I did happen to dose prazi in their current tank but I'm not sure if that's the culprit for her death.