Somethin_fishy
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Hello, I am moving a post here because i am becoming more desparate for help and a member advised i go here. This is a topic i posted 2 days ago:
Hi everybody, I'm new here but have been keeping fish for only around two years. My queswtion has to do with one of my female bettas, i have 4 of them in a 25gal tank with 6 cories and 4 ottos.
The other bettas are fine however this one began getting very large, with her stomach swelling up over the past two days. I assumed she was eating too much (as it didnt affect her in any way) and fed smaller doses. Today I found her just sitting at the bottom of the tank and she is only coming up to the surface for air. All other tankmates are healthy, and i recently did a 20% water change (yesterday), all readings are good (ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 5).
My guess is that this is bloating, maybe caused by the freeze dried bloodworms they get 3 times a week(with a normal betta food the other 4 days)? Does anyone know any ways to fix this this? I've heard of boiled peas or something in the past, can anyone offer details on this? Or are there some medications people have had success with? Any help is appreciated!
People suggested she might just have eggs so i posted this reply/update:
I'm very sure she doesnt just have eggs, and it has gotten worse, today i decided to try the pea thing, i boiled the pea, pealed off the skin then cut it into bite size peices but she wouldnt eat it, she also didnt eat the usual staple food today either (she has atleast been eating until now). I am very worried, i now have a little isolated area i created out of a breeding net etc in the top corner of the tank so she can reach the top for air. Before that she was just struggling to get to the top so i would reaach in and hold her with my hand (tho this got tiring after half and hour). Are there any meds i can use to help her? I dont think she's gonna make it on her own.
I am also noticing one of my other bettas seems less active aswell. Also, just out of curiousity, i fed some pea peices to the other bettas, the two most active ones ate them eagerly, the one that seems to be slowing down kept eating it then spitting it back out. Could this possibly be early stages of drapsy plaguing my tank!? Or some other disease? The scales arent sticking out and there are no visible parasites, the only symptoms are the swelling stomachs and less activity (to the point of barely moving at all). Please help!!
The light in the tank just turned on for the day, unfortunatly the sick fish (nicknamed Angel) didnt make it through the night
, i found her in the place i left her when she fell asleep last night 
. My other girl is actually looking and acting normal today 
. Though I still wonder what happened to Angel, if anyone reads this and knows I would appreciate just knowing what it was.
Hi everybody, I'm new here but have been keeping fish for only around two years. My queswtion has to do with one of my female bettas, i have 4 of them in a 25gal tank with 6 cories and 4 ottos.
The other bettas are fine however this one began getting very large, with her stomach swelling up over the past two days. I assumed she was eating too much (as it didnt affect her in any way) and fed smaller doses. Today I found her just sitting at the bottom of the tank and she is only coming up to the surface for air. All other tankmates are healthy, and i recently did a 20% water change (yesterday), all readings are good (ammonia 0, nitrite 0, nitrate 5).
My guess is that this is bloating, maybe caused by the freeze dried bloodworms they get 3 times a week(with a normal betta food the other 4 days)? Does anyone know any ways to fix this this? I've heard of boiled peas or something in the past, can anyone offer details on this? Or are there some medications people have had success with? Any help is appreciated!
People suggested she might just have eggs so i posted this reply/update:
I'm very sure she doesnt just have eggs, and it has gotten worse, today i decided to try the pea thing, i boiled the pea, pealed off the skin then cut it into bite size peices but she wouldnt eat it, she also didnt eat the usual staple food today either (she has atleast been eating until now). I am very worried, i now have a little isolated area i created out of a breeding net etc in the top corner of the tank so she can reach the top for air. Before that she was just struggling to get to the top so i would reaach in and hold her with my hand (tho this got tiring after half and hour). Are there any meds i can use to help her? I dont think she's gonna make it on her own.
I am also noticing one of my other bettas seems less active aswell. Also, just out of curiousity, i fed some pea peices to the other bettas, the two most active ones ate them eagerly, the one that seems to be slowing down kept eating it then spitting it back out. Could this possibly be early stages of drapsy plaguing my tank!? Or some other disease? The scales arent sticking out and there are no visible parasites, the only symptoms are the swelling stomachs and less activity (to the point of barely moving at all). Please help!!
The light in the tank just turned on for the day, unfortunatly the sick fish (nicknamed Angel) didnt make it through the night
, i found her in the place i left her when she fell asleep last night . My other girl is actually looking and acting normal today . Though I still wonder what happened to Angel, if anyone reads this and knows I would appreciate just knowing what it was.
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