Featherfin Catfish

PSmithAZ · 01-17-2008, 08:11 PM

My Featherfin Catfish seems to have a very large stomach. By that I mean it appears to be swollen. Does anyone know if this is normal for featherfins? I feed it shrimp pellets bloodworms and I throw some algae waffers in there when I feed.

Torpedos · 01-20-2008, 03:43 AM

I would watch how much protein you are feeding it. It may have a blockage because its stomach cannot handle any more high protein foods.
Also any fish gone missing lately?

Blue Cray · 01-20-2008, 01:09 PM

Mine is really fat. They tend to grow more width then length I've seen a fullgrown one afoot wide and 3feet or so long.

chaotrix2 · 01-28-2008, 01:09 PM

I used to have 2 BIG featherfins (like 2 feet long) and, yea they seemed to grow outwards making them appear fat and bloated, but they seemed healthy and when they got too big for my tank and i took em into my fish shop =(
they said they were perfectly healthy and put them in the display tank. So i think that the featherfin's "fatness" is natural

01-17-2008, 08:11 PM	#1
PSmithAZ Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Age: 28 Posts: 50 User Feedback: (0)	Featherfin Catfish My Featherfin Catfish seems to have a very large stomach. By that I mean it appears to be swollen. Does anyone know if this is normal for featherfins? I feed it shrimp pellets bloodworms and I throw some algae waffers in there when I feed. __________________ 55gal- 5 Serpae Tetra - 5 Harlequin Rasbora - 1Dalmation Mollie - 1 Clown Loach - 1 Rainbow Shark - 1 Albino Rainbow Shark - 1 Featherfin Squeaker - 1 Black Pleco - 1 Rubberlip Pleco

01-20-2008, 01:09 PM	#3
Blue Cray Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 17 Posts: 298 User Feedback: (0)	Mine is really fat. They tend to grow more width then length I've seen a fullgrown one afoot wide and 3feet or so long. __________________ 55g Planted -clown loach -golden zebra danios -glo lite tetras -male krib -striped raphael catfish -angels -bronze cories -gold gourami -SAE -brochis catfish -knight goby -Boeseman's Rainbowfish -Flying Foxes 22g Planted -endlers -zebra loach

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01-20-2008, 03:43 AM	#2
Torpedos Fishy Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 24 User Feedback: (0)	I would watch how much protein you are feeding it. It may have a blockage because its stomach cannot handle any more high protein foods. Also any fish gone missing lately?

01-28-2008, 01:09 PM	#4
chaotrix2 Fishy Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Age: 16 Posts: 10 User Feedback: (0)	I used to have 2 BIG featherfins (like 2 feet long) and, yea they seemed to grow outwards making them appear fat and bloated, but they seemed healthy and when they got too big for my tank and i took em into my fish shop =( they said they were perfectly healthy and put them in the display tank. So i think that the featherfin's "fatness" is natural

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