Eviotas are so fat that they look pregnant

[Kinetic]

The eviotas I received a few weeks back have gotten REALLY fat!

Will they eat to their deaths like goldfish?

The problem is I'm heavily feeding my anthias 4 days a week, about a quarter of a mysis cube and a quarter of a brine cube, with a pinch of crumbled flake... and only one anthias is eating a little mysis/brine.

The rest of the food goes to my two trimma gobies and 3 eviotas. The trimmas are fat, but the eviotas ARE PREGNANT looking. Serious beer bellies or something.

Should I be worried that they're eating too much? When I first got them, they were sleek, but now their stomachs are bulging... or could they be pregnant?

I can only see two eviotas, and they look gigantic, the third one I'm not so sure. Is it possible that one's a male and they have eggs or something?

 

[dfs/la2]

Kinetic,

Bloating could be Dropsy which is usually a side effect of an internal bacterial infection. You can treat this in a quarantine tank with Maracyn Plus or Furan-2 . These medications are not reef safe so a hospital tank is strongly recommended.

If it is a case of overeating, you can increase the water currents by adding powerheads. This provides more exercise for the fish to help keep them trim.

Tina
LiveAquaria
Drs. Foster and Smith