Betta Fish Bloated And Pale
What does it mean when a betta fish remains at the bottom of its tank.
Betta fish bloated and pale. If your betta has the first two then he can often make a speedy recovery. A bloated betta will appear to have a swollen protruding belly. My betta fish is pale and is alive but at the bottom of its tank.
Usually caused by a virus bacterial infection or parasite visual betta symptoms. The only instances where changing colors may be a sign of sickness are when your fish turns a paler shade of its previous color the change is all at once as opposed to marbling where certain areas begin changing first indicating that it is stressed or if its tail is frayed and the. He used to swim around quite a bit and was much darker in color.
Bloat in the abdominal area which later spreads to the whole body. Swim bladder disease is the next most common disease and after that is dropsy. A fish with bloat may have trouble swimming and may become trapped at the surface of the water or on the bottom of the tank.
The other two bettas are fine but this guy is bloated pale and stays mostly on the bottom of the tank now. Depends on what caused it. What are the most common causes.
It s a secondary symptom cause. This results in an extremely bloated belly for the betta fish. Extreme body swelling bloat in stomach and pineconing of scales behavioral betta symptoms.
Constipation is the most common cause of bloating in bettas. See how to deal with the condition from the article. Bloat can affect one or both sides of the fish sometimes causing him to appear lopsided.