Asterophysus Batrachus (gulper Or Ogre Catfish)

[darknirvana217]

I have all together 4 Asterophysus Batrachus. All of them have been eating and appear to be in very good health. However, the smaller of my two large ones, (about 8-9 inches) has been exhibitng some strange behavior. He appears to double in stomach size. In this size of a fish it litrally looks as though he swalled a tennis ball. I know this species has large stomachs, but this is ridiculous. After about 15-20 minutes though it just disappears. The growth seems to inhibit his movement or regualr behavior. hes only done this twice, and I beleive it was after I gave him some krill. Anybody who keeps these guys ever seen this before?

 

[CFC]

Gulpers have been known to inflate themselves with water when frightened much the same as puffers do, prehaps it is practicing its inflating trick?

 

[darknirvana217]

My girlfriend, whose on this site (invaderwithkey), was joking around about that this morning, I didn't know they were capapble of such a trick. Thanks CFC.

 

[piranhadan]

As its filter feeding it could quite easy fill up as it feeds
Feed it some big foods