yeah.. all the fish are quite healthy. the SAE's are about 2 years old.. no
sign of parasite or anything.. shiny scales, active.. just.. portly...

I suppose it's no use to try to put 'em on diet? since they'll end up
starving the other fish, or eat my plants to a stump...

linda

"Mean_Chlorine" wrote in message
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I've only seen SAE's look like that immediately after a big meal.

It seems healty, so it's not dropsy. It could be some intestinal
parasite of course, but I doubt it.

Had it been another fish I'd have suggested it might be a gravid
female, but SAE's rarely if ever spawn in home aquaria, so that seems
unlikely.

So... It may be you've got obese SAE's, yes.