fatty neons!

[Sheldon31]

Everytime I feed my neons some get very rounded and lumpy. Is this ok? I'm sure I'm not over feeding. I feed them 3-4 flakes crushed for their little mouths. One tetra is very greedy and is like something possessed when I feed them and she gets very lumpy indeed. It does go down after an hour or so but I'm worried they will burst!

[lorax84]

It's probably not a serious health issue, although neons are very small and really don't need a lot of food to live. The type of flake you are feeding them may also effect things, some flake has more fiber than others

[Fieldz]

Thats normal. There are dominants in the group, and those eat more than the others.

[Fabian]

Maybe the one you were talking about is a female and my tetras do eat a lot of food making them rounded so it's ok.Mine eat untill they cannot even swim once.

[Sheldon31]

I think she is female yes, she is always slightly more rounded. Come to think of it the 4 that do get lumpy are, I think females while the other 3 are slimmer.