Betta Fish Emergency - Please Help!

[keet_keet]

Hi everyone,
I hope someone can help. I have a female Betta fish. I have had her for about 6 months. While I have had her, she has been a very healthy fish - she eats lots (freeze-dried brine shrimp, freeze-dried blood worms, flake food, and occasionally small pieces of cooked corn or peas, but not all that at the same time, of course!).

I only recently started her off on the blood worms because I read that Betta fish like them. However, after I started her on them, she seemed to decide she only wants to eat them, which has been worrying me slightly. The other food she just puts in her mouth and then spits out after a bit.

Today I was feeding her some small bits of a piece of cooked corn and she ate them up right away. But as I fed her, I noticed that she had started pooping brownish-red colored liquid. I immediately got really worried and watched her some more, but she continued to swim around and go after the pieces of corn.

I came back later and saw her poop out the reddish-brown colored liquid again. It looks like she has diarrhea but I can't find much about this on the internet. Other than the liquid, she seems to be fine (swimming around, looks alert, body looks healthy, eyes are normal, etc).

Has anyone else had this problem before? Does she need medication??? Any help is GREATLY appreciated. I don't want my Betta to be sick!!!

THANK YOU!!!!!

 

[WILDER]

It could be the bloodworms why the poo is red.

I would only feed freeze dried foods now and then, and not to much, as they can lead to constipation and swim bladder.

Introduce some green veg and frozen foods into there diet.

I wouldn\t feed her for aday. As fish can get the trots.
Any blood in the poo.
Is her anus enlarged or red and inflamed.
Does she look thin or bloated.
Any red patches, or red streaking.
Any red patches beneath the skin.
Does she swim on her side.

 

[keet_keet]

Thank you so much for your help!!!

I was so worried about my Betta but she seems to be doing MUCH better today. She was resting lots on the bottom of her tank last night but this morning she was up and swimming around just like normal. She was coming over to see me every time I came near the tank and excitedly swimming around and looking at me.

She looks lots more normal and her stomach, which was actually looking a bit fat yesterday, looks lots thinner. Her poop seems to also be returning to normal (as I saw her do a normal poop!).

I will definitely try to keep her off of so much freeze-dried food (although she does love it!) and keep giving her more veggies, which she does like. I'll also try to get her some frozen foods.

Thank you again for your help!!! It was much appreciated!

 

[WILDER]

Just check the date on the food. With having the trots, want to make sure the food not out of date, and caused a tummy upset.

Glad she on the mend.

 

[keet_keet]

Thanks again!!! That is definitely a good idea and I will check all of the dates on the foods before I feed her again today. She's still doing so much better (swimming around everywhere, active, alert, and just looks better in general) and I'm so relieved!

 

[WILDER]

Thanks for the update.
Glad she back to normal.