Fry With Sbd

[iBetta]

Hi all,
Half of My 8 week old betta fry have swim bladder, and have for about 5 or so weeks. I stopped feeding them brine shrimp and fed them microworms. . I also moved them to another tank so the healthier babies could continue with the bbs.
The fry with SB haven't recovered .. Will they ever recover and swim properly?
If not will it be cruel to let them live that way, what should I do with them?

Thanks.

 

[sausagewinkle]

SBD is common in fry when they are over fed with BBS. I stopped feeding and they recovered fine

 

[Paradise3]

SBD is common in fry when they are over fed with BBS. I stopped feeding and they recovered fine

I don't want to hijack the thread but I have a small batch of betta fry currently and the biggest, best one is swimming oddly but I'm not sure if it's normal or not. It swims horizontally and then stops and sort of stands almost vertically with it's tail down. They are on microworms currently as I have no way of getting BBS and I don't really think I want to with the stories I've heard.

 

[OldMan47]

Swim bladder disease is not really a disease. It is a care issue.
If you provide your fish with a balanced diet, they will never exhibit it. If you are one of the people who thinks that a single food is fine regardless of evidence to the contrary, you will have the problem show up in your fish. Getting right down to basics, a swim bladder is nothing more or less than an enlargement in the digestive system where gasses are allowed to accumulate for the buoyancy balance of the fish. If you feed too much or you feed a poor mix of foods, the digestive system can be affected. That can often lead to what we commonly call swim bladder problems. What we are really seeing is the result of what we have chosen to feed our fish. A fish that has a swollen digestive system will have a hard time maintaining its balance because the swim bladder is larger than it should be.

 

[Paradise3]

Swim bladder disease is not really a disease. It is a care issue.
If you provide your fish with a balanced diet, they will never exhibit it. If you are one of the people who thinks that a single food is fine regardless of evidence to the contrary, you will have the problem show up in your fish. Getting right down to basics, a swim bladder is nothing more or less than an enlargement in the digestive system where gasses are allowed to accumulate for the buoyancy balance of the fish. If you feed too much or you feed a poor mix of foods, the digestive system can be affected. That can often lead to what we commonly call swim bladder problems. What we are really seeing is the result of what we have chosen to feed our fish. A fish that has a swollen digestive system will have a hard time maintaining its balance because the swim bladder is larger than it should be.

It's OK, mine seems to have settled down now. Seems he/she had just swallowed a bit more air than needed and was waiting to expel it.