Lumpy Suvatti

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Lumpy Suvatti

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When I feed my suvatti shrimp, his belly gets extremely lopsided, like the food is only going to one side of him. I didn't notice it while he was eating feeders and crays. Any ideas?

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I don't know about suvatti's but its normal with some of mine. Both my baileyis and my palembang get lopsided tummies, too.
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Haha. I just noticed it and it freaked me out pretty bad. I thought his side was gonna explode.
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Mine do this with certain foods, I consider it normal behaviour.
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Might wanna feed a lil less, if it looks like it's gonna explode.
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Well, it just freaked me out cuz it got bigger really quick. I only feed him a half inch piece of shrimp every other day.
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Depending on how big he is, that might be too much food or too often. Lurkers don't need to eat as often as more active fish IMO.
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Post by Apocalyptictoast »

He's around 2.5 inches.
The bump usually goes down in around hour.
He always seems really hungry. He zooms up and down the glass all day.
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