Constipated------- Help!

[community begginer]

hay all. i posted a few days ago stating that my gf betta had fungus and was bloated... fungus is gone thank god but the bloating is still there... and i dont think it is dropsy..... is there a food other than peas that will help the movements happen again?? ive tried peas and he just wont take them...... would brine shrimp do???
regards, community

 

[-germ-]

Daphinia is probably the best live food for encouraging bowel movement (do fish have bowels?) anyhow, daphinia/waterflea

 

[community begginer]

were the hell would i get daphnia from... lol anyway thanks mate....
i wouldnt have the slightest clue as to what daphnia looks like or could even be found....
unless anyone else has any ideas ill just stick to trying peas and failing miserably....
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[-germ-]

Erm, where do you get your brineshrimp from?
Do you have your own culture?

 

[community begginer]

i get them from work.... i work at an aquarium.... free of charge of coarse.... would it be worth feeding them brine shrimp to help bowl movement or will it just help "plug" them up more??
thanx for your help mate.

 

[community begginer]

i get them from work.... i work at an aquarium.... free of charge of coarse.... would it be worth feeding them brine shrimp to help bowl movement or will it just help "plug" them up more??
thanx for your help mate.

 

[community begginer]

i get them from work.... i work at an aquarium.... free of charge of coarse.... would it be worth feeding them brine shrimp to help bowl movement or will it just help "plug" them up more??
thanx for your help mate.

 

[-germ-]

Not sure with Brine Shrimp TBH, most LFS (in the UK at least) sell daphinia/water flea....
I'd keep to the pea for a while, how long hasn't the fish eaten for?
Maybe you could try an antibacterial? Swimbladder issues are normally due to bacterial infection

 

[community begginer]

he hasnt eaten for about a week... i dont know how long he can go for... i wouldnt think much longer.... ill keep the peas going... thanx for your help mate....

 

[-germ-]

I'd certainly give him a little of his usual food, not a great deal but you don't want to starve him/ cause undue stress.. ....

 

[community begginer]

ok thanx... is there anything else i could try?? i thaught starving them for a while would do the job.. or is this just a myth... not to the extent of a week of course.....
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[clareanded]

Hi,

Our betta recently had constipation but is now fully recovered. Feeding more bryne shrimp will only clog up the digestive system further as it is a very rich food and should only be fed once per week. If your betta will not eat the pea (ours refused too) then daphnia should work (it did for us), you can buy in the LFS in frozen packs in cubes or sometimes live in small plastic bags marked as water fleas. If you do get them live then drain the water out first as it is likely to be in pretty poor quality and will only reduce the quality of your aquarium water.

Just feed a small amount of daphina (less than a quarter of a cube every 48 hours) and after 2-4 days it should gradually clear up. A week without food seems quite a long period of time to me so if possible try and get the daphnia today and feed a small amount asap.

Hope that this helps.

Ed

 

[bubblesburst80]

hope you can get ur betta feeding again

xXx

 

[Miss Dib Dabs]

They can go a suprisingly long time on a diet. I've had one of my boys on a diet for nearly a month now. He went without food altogether to start with then had no choice but pea. Still didn't make him go. Am feeding minimal amounts and yet still he doesn't go! I know it isn't dropsy, he'd be dead by now and his scales don't poke out. He's just incredibly fat! Little smegger. He always has been a bit of a pig.
All the best with your fella, hope he gets over his troubles soon.
P.
P.S:If you work at an aquarium surely you must have fry born there? Many fry, of different fish species, tend to be raised on daphnia. Is there no one at work who can point you in the direction of some?

 

[girl4God81]

epsom salt (buy it at walmart). i use 1/2-1tsp for my 2.5 gallons. works within a few hours or less and it's never failed for me.

i usually even get a "thanks mommy!!", bubble nest the next day