hurgerburger
Fish Fanatic
I've posted a new thread in here like every day lol
So, I've mentioned this problem in a different post, but the focus was mostly on water parameters and fin fungus (I've fixed the cycle by adding filter media from my beefy 20 gallon and I've added a dechlorinator that also detoxifies nitrites and ammonia [which apparently is in my tap water], and the fin rot is on the mend, thanks guys!). For about a month now, my betta fish has been bloated, and has been getting increasingly more bloated every day. I've tried fasting him, feeding him bits of peas, completely removing freeze dried bloodworms and brine shrimp from his diet (I fed him those maybe once a week before that). Now, he is bloated enough that it's really starting to scare me. There a pictures below. I've done some research on my own, and I am very sure that it's not dropsy, since there is no pineconing and he's been bloated for a month. I don't think it's constipation, since I've seen him pooping, and he hasn't gotten skinnier when I've fasted him. I think it could maybe be a bacterial infection or a parasite/swim bladder disease, but other than the bout of fin fungus he's recovering from now, he's been acting completely normal, and swimming totally upright (swimming around the tank even when he doesn't know I'm in the room). The blue tips at the ends of his ventral fins are slightly muted (this is a sign he's unhealthy), but that's very recent and I'm assuming it's because of the fungal infection. I will say his poop has been sort of whitish, which I read is a sign of a parasite or bacterial infection, but I'm not sure. I bought "imagitarium bacterial infection remedy" which says it offers relief from swollen abdomen, but I want to know if I should use it or do something else. I can easily restart the cycle with media from my other tank if the medicine knocks out the bacteria.
So, I've mentioned this problem in a different post, but the focus was mostly on water parameters and fin fungus (I've fixed the cycle by adding filter media from my beefy 20 gallon and I've added a dechlorinator that also detoxifies nitrites and ammonia [which apparently is in my tap water], and the fin rot is on the mend, thanks guys!). For about a month now, my betta fish has been bloated, and has been getting increasingly more bloated every day. I've tried fasting him, feeding him bits of peas, completely removing freeze dried bloodworms and brine shrimp from his diet (I fed him those maybe once a week before that). Now, he is bloated enough that it's really starting to scare me. There a pictures below. I've done some research on my own, and I am very sure that it's not dropsy, since there is no pineconing and he's been bloated for a month. I don't think it's constipation, since I've seen him pooping, and he hasn't gotten skinnier when I've fasted him. I think it could maybe be a bacterial infection or a parasite/swim bladder disease, but other than the bout of fin fungus he's recovering from now, he's been acting completely normal, and swimming totally upright (swimming around the tank even when he doesn't know I'm in the room). The blue tips at the ends of his ventral fins are slightly muted (this is a sign he's unhealthy), but that's very recent and I'm assuming it's because of the fungal infection. I will say his poop has been sort of whitish, which I read is a sign of a parasite or bacterial infection, but I'm not sure. I bought "imagitarium bacterial infection remedy" which says it offers relief from swollen abdomen, but I want to know if I should use it or do something else. I can easily restart the cycle with media from my other tank if the medicine knocks out the bacteria.
