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swelling the stomach of male betta.
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 1:23 pm
by bisambar
keeping a male betta in 1 foot cube from last 1 month. its stomach area is swelling 2-3 days. it is not taking food. plz advice.
Re: swelling the stomach of male betta.
Posted: Fri Jul 04, 2014 2:46 pm
by adesh8028
Bisambar - pictures will definitely help in order to diagnose more on this.
sounds like your betta is suffering from bloat.
what do you feed your fish?
How much?
how often?
I would fast the fish until bloat is disappeared and try live food/frozen food or dry food after soaking it in water with very little quantity, if the bloat is not severe.
In case of severe bloat, you can go for epsom salt treatment, where dissolve 1tablespoon of epsom salt in separate container with water from main tank and leave the fish for 15 mins with carefully acclimating the fish.
Re: swelling the stomach of male betta.
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2014 6:24 pm
by syed.ali
Most likely it will be dropsy, please see if the scales are pines up like pipeapple, search net for dropsy you will get pics to understand the issue.
Give immediate epsom salt treatment and water change, no foood at all
Re: swelling the stomach of male betta.
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 10:10 am
by Sharaken
This knowledge is very good.
Re: swelling the stomach of male betta.
Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2015 9:31 pm
by sushant
People may advice you to use table salt/rock salt but it can have an adverse effect on the fish health in this case, so use only Epsom salt, you may also use metrogly along with it.
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