Betta Bloated For Weeks
I change the water once a week though i ll admit that i ve been slacking off with water changes lately.
Betta bloated for weeks. Bloated betta belly going on 2 weeks. It s cycled heated filtered etc. Ways to prevent a bloated belly in a betta.
We feed him one soaked pellet a day and a partial cooked pea once a week since he s become bloated. The best possible way to prevent your betta fish from becoming bloated is taking proper care of it and the fish tank from day one. Previously he was kept in a half gallon tank by my brother with a heater and a filter.
I have fasted him for 3 4 days at a time feeding a small amount of daphnia in between hoping that would help with any constipation and trying to avoid completely starving him. I took his gravel out so i could monitor his poop. I just put a heater and betta fix in there.
Betta didn t eat for 3 weeks and is now bloated. I bought a 3 5 gallon tank and a new filter and heater for him 6 months ago because i did some research on how to actually care for. My veiltail betta is severely bloated and i m at my wit s end on what to do.
Performing water changes every week or couple of weeks depending on the size of your tank is going to remove any build up of ammonia and waste in the tank. He hasn t been eating either but still try s to swim. I have a male betta fish and he has been healthy for nearly 2 years.
He eats 2 3 pellets twice a day hikari brand and his tank is 5 gallons w heater and filter. My betta has been sick and bloated for about 4 weeks now. Bloat can affect one or both sides of the fish sometimes causing him to appear lopsided.