clowns out of breath?

colby

In Memoriam
One of my Ocellaris pairs latley has been breathing hard...

First thought that ran through my head was oh sh** not ich...

Then about 30 min later I noticed the breathing had slowed down again to pretty much normal rate...

Along different lines, my female is about 5 days away from her gravid cycle and shes eating like a pig, I mean she will eat 3/4 a cube of bs all to herself. So I am pretty sure she is getting ready for the eggs as she does this every 10-13ish days...

I realized that there seems to be a correlation between feeding time and panting clowns... It seems that after my clowns have stuffed their faces they swim around and go "ohh, I ate to much"...sorta like me on thanksgiving...

So does it seem possible that these guys are just breathing hard because they eat so much and their stomaches look like balloons? Other times their breathing is normal..

Thanx,
Colby

(P.S. Sorry about the elipsis, it is a bad habit I am trying to get out of...doh)
 
I remember reading somewhere that it's normal for any fish to increase their respiration after feeding -- it takes quite a bit of energy to digest a big meal, I imagine they're breathing harder to increase the amount of oxygen they're taking in.
I do like WetSleeves theory too though ;)
 
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