Fat guppy?

GaryE said:

Your guppy seems normal to me, although overfed. Just feed less.
It isn't protein, it's all food.

I always gave my guppies one feeding per day, with an occasional second feeding and day of fasting every week. If you're on twice a day every day, with quality prepared foods, they'll gain weight.

Click to expand...

ella777 said:

I've now put him in a breeder net thing and given him some peas. He's already taken a few bites of the peas and I've fed the others normally. He hasn't lost any weight so I think he probably has constipation.
I feed my eel everyday, he still seems hungry on some days so I feed him a little more. Is this too much? He comes up to anyone as soon as they go near the tank.

Click to expand...

Kyanite14 said:

They don’t really know when they’re full. Like I said their stomach is only the size of their eyes, so they don’t need nearly as much as you think. Keep in mind they’ll also scavenge around and nip at plants and algae occasionally. I only feed my guppies every 2 days and they are perfectly fine.

Click to expand...

GaryE said:

First off, the one fish is okay. It could be body type. I have seen obese guppies and that isn't one, luckily for him. A lot of aquarists kill with kindness.

His bulk is in an area of the body that some fancy breeders seem to make large, as muscle there supports the oversized tails they aim for.

Keep a normal high fibre with some plant material going in. Bloodworms, which are actually midge larvae, are nutritious, but in an all male tank you aren't prepping them for egg production or breeding, so it's more an occasional treat.

Click to expand...

ella777 said:

So should I only feed them bloodworms everyday instead of the pellets and flakes?

Click to expand...

Kyanite14 said:

I’d keep the variety, one day do bloodworms, another day do pellets etc. We don’t eat the same foods all our life, so they shouldn’t either for optimum health.

Click to expand...

emeraldking said:

To me, he doesn't look bloated at all. It's a bit overfed. He looks normal to me. Overhere I also have guppy males that look like this but are just a bit overfed. Even if yours doesn't seem to eat most of what you're giving, it could be that he's eating food that are on the bottom of the tank that most fish have missed. I wouldn't be worried about him.

Click to expand...

Kyanite14 said:

Like I said their stomach is only the size of their eyes

Click to expand...

Slaphppy7 said:

For the OP, @emeraldking is our resident live-bearer expert...if he says the fish looks fine, I wouldn't fret over it anymore

Click to expand...