Starry blenny lookin really chunky?

[Andreas' Reef]

Hi all. My starry blenny has been looking really fat in the belly lately. It’s been eating normal amounts of hair algae and I haven’t been feeding any algae pellets or both. I’ve ruled out pregnancy because there is only 1 fish. I’ve had it for 1 month. It looks bigger in real life

 

[Rmckoy]

Must be a blenny thing .

Lawnmower blennys always seam to have this chubby look

 

[eraser2001]

My blenny has same chubby look and it has been with me around 4 years.
Don't worry

 

[Rmckoy]

My blenny has same chubby look and it has been with me around 4 years.
Don't worry

Sometimes look like they would explode if they ate anymore ?

looks how I feel after every holiday dinner

 

[WorkingHands]

BBB - big beautiful blenny

 

[flagg37]

I don’t know what the gestational period is for them but if you’ve only had it for a month then it could have been impregnated shortly before you brought it home.

Or, it could be normal.

 

[i cant think]

It looks normal, I have found blennies (Particularly salarias) to look fatter than they actually are, do you feed anything else other than just letting her graze on the algae?

 

[jmichaelh7]

I just want to say this…

My lawnmower blenny looked the same, identical.

When I ran quarantine on all my fish, I did General cure with Focus to bind the meds. After doing this the bloating when away from lil guy. He still mows on all the rocks and glass all day long but the bloat is gone.

I’m not sure if it is something related to internal parasite or bacteria issue. I just wanted to share since our guy used to be like this.

Never did research on it but since then it hasn’t came back?

 

[Andreas' Reef]

It looks normal, I have found blennies (Particularly salarias) to look fatter than they actually are, do you feed anything else other than just letting her graze on the algae?

no i dont, but it eats the odd mysis that is floating around the tank