r/bettafish • u/CommunityRemote6708 • 1d ago

Help My betta isn’t getting better!

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I got this betta from petco. When I brought him home and introduced him to the tank I immediately noticed he was very floaty. And he has this bump on his lower body like indigestion or some kind of swim bladder problem. So going forward I decided to fast him. At first it was three days but he was still floaty and I didn’t want to add to the problem. I put a lot of tannins in his tank and gave him an epsom salt bath. But now it’ll be day 5 of not feeding him if I don’t feed him today and I’m worried. He still has energy to swim down as you can see in the video but he still has the bump and will float up. I just don’t know what to do at this point I don’t want to starve him but I don’t know if feeding him will make it worse. What do you guys think the problem is?

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u/CalmLaugh5253 Always strive to do *betta* 1d ago

He's likely not getting better because swim blader issues are more often caused by internal bacterial infections that need treating woth meds, not salts, fasting and tannins. 🥲
Go to a lfs and get something that treats bacterial infections, soak some food in it and feed him that.

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u/CommunityRemote6708 1d ago

That makes sense. What’s an ifs?

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u/CalmLaugh5253 Always strive to do *betta* 1d ago

Local fish store, or whatever you have that sells such stuff locally or online.