Betta Bloat Or Dropsy

I ve seen a full betta and just held food for a day or two and they were fine.

Betta bloat or dropsy. This is what causes bloating. But if you don t catch dropsy early enough the risk of fatality increases dramatically. In very rare and unfortunate cases the bloating can be a sign of a tumor present in fish.

Treating dropsy in betta fish. Depends on what caused it. So here are the causes of betta fish bloat their symptoms and how to treat them.

Female betta with dropsy or bloated. Start date nov 16 2016. I found your thread by searching dropsy vs bloat because i woke up to our new betta severely bloated.

The most common cause of bloat in bettas is constipation followed by swim bladder disease and unfortunately after that dropsy. If your betta has the first two then he can often make a speedy recovery. Extreme body swelling bloat in stomach and pineconing of scales behavioral betta symptoms.

If the disease has spread enough then there might not be a chance of survival. Treatment of dropsy can be long term but it might not be successful which you need to know. I am so so sorry for what you are going through.

One of the problems with dropsy is the fact that the early symptoms can be caused by a whole range of problems. If you re noticing severe bloating in bettas then the chances of such fish survival are meager because of internal fluid building. Messages 8 reaction score 0.