Betta Fish Gills Breathing Heavy
He s in in a aqua one betta trio tank.
Betta fish gills breathing heavy. Diseases like ich bloat dropsy and more can cause betta fish to get weak. Any ideas of what is wrong and a course of action would be helpful. He was always floating at the top and didn t swim much.
If your betta fish continues to breath rapidly and seems exhausted check to see if your filter is too powerful. Since then he has mostly been laying on the bottom and breathing heavily. He s never been a super active fish but it s seems to be worse.
If the fish is not able to close its gills completely while breathing then they are swollen too. So i changed him over to a small aquarium about 3 gallons with an aerator last night. In all likeliness the chances are its ammonia poisoning.
Gave it a gravel vac. Red gills and heavy breathing is this bad. You need to get a quick check on its health condition if so.
In fact these fish tend to experience disease more often due to a weaker immune system. If your betta fish is looking lethargic and spending time laying at the bottom of the tank they could be sick. Betta fish laying on the bottom of the tank breathing heavily if your betta isn t only lying at the bottom of the tank but he s also breathing heavily then something could be wrong.
My betta fish was in a bowl with no aerator. Close to a 50 water change. The other two fish in the tank are fine.