Very Fat Betta

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I noticed yesterday that my female betta is extremely huge. I feed her Omega One Betta Pellets, about 3-4 in the evening. She is kinda slow so some of the pellets end up just sinking before she can catch them, which I them give her a few more to make up for the ones she missed, if that makes sense. So I don't know if she finds the ones the fall on the gravel and eats those also? I also suspected she might have killed and eaten some newly added ghost shrimp, but all where accounted for. Today she sits at the bottom of her tank with clamped fins. I thought this might be dropsy but so far she isn't "pine coning". I did not feed her last night. I thought she might just be full of eggs, but now she has clamped fins.

 
Thanks for the help. xx Oh, and don't mind the torn fins, tried to breed her.. They're growing in nicely though.

 

[Wildbetta]

What are your water parameters?   How big is the tank and how often/how much are your water changes?  What is the temperature of the tank water?
 
 
In general for this much bloating -- the recommendation is at least 3 days of fasting.  Then after the 3 days are up, if the fish's belly has gone down -- feeding can resume.  If the fish's belly has not gone down, then another 3 days of fasting is needed.  After the second round of fasting, you can add in a little bit of daphnia frozen or live) to help the fish expel anything else left in its system (instead of a pea which is often recommended).  Also keeping the tank at least 82, will help the fish's metabolism speed up.  This helps to relieve bloating, constipation, and being too full of eggs (for females). 

 

[BettaBettas]

very pretty betta! I would follow what WildBetta says