colby
In Memoriam
Hi all,
I have a large Ocellaris that after breaking up with his mate of many years with about three months ago has become very very very swollen in the abdomen these past few days. "It" (as I am not aware if it is still male or more likely female by now...) paired up with a small onyx percula about three weeks ago. Love at first site for the two, they never except for feeding leave their tile house. I am wondering if she may be infectedd with some sort of internal parasite as it seems very unlikely that she is preparing eggs. Aside from her recent sex change and new mate this change came about after returning from a four day vacaion in which the fish were regrettably fed only once and the lights were on continually. Aside from become fat in the abdomen she has put in considerable girth. It seems unlikely that she is going through a growth spurt as she is already a little over 3.3"... However she has been receiving PE mysis every day in conjunction with pellets for the past 4 weeks. Behavior has been basically the same except for the fact that she does seem a tad more bold and agressive but not nearly like the female when he was the male counterpart when the bred....
SO anyway after all that rambling...parasites or just fat and happy with eggs maybe?
I have a large Ocellaris that after breaking up with his mate of many years with about three months ago has become very very very swollen in the abdomen these past few days. "It" (as I am not aware if it is still male or more likely female by now...) paired up with a small onyx percula about three weeks ago. Love at first site for the two, they never except for feeding leave their tile house. I am wondering if she may be infectedd with some sort of internal parasite as it seems very unlikely that she is preparing eggs. Aside from her recent sex change and new mate this change came about after returning from a four day vacaion in which the fish were regrettably fed only once and the lights were on continually. Aside from become fat in the abdomen she has put in considerable girth. It seems unlikely that she is going through a growth spurt as she is already a little over 3.3"... However she has been receiving PE mysis every day in conjunction with pellets for the past 4 weeks. Behavior has been basically the same except for the fact that she does seem a tad more bold and agressive but not nearly like the female when he was the male counterpart when the bred....
SO anyway after all that rambling...parasites or just fat and happy with eggs maybe?
