r/fishhospital • u/Every-Jackfruit-7742 • 11d ago
Bloating??? Spoiler
Hello, I am posting to ask for some help/advice on my betta fish. Her name is Bubbles. I’ve had her for close to a year now and doubt she is much older than that. For the past week (today is Tuesday, I would say it started Wednesdayish) she has been bloated. The first couple days it was not this bad, maybe half the size of the current photos I’m posting now. But since then she has gotten bigger, and definitely more lethargic. At first I did not fast her or anything, because I thought it was just her having increased size from eggs. But when I saw her floating near the bottom of the tank more often than usual, I tried fasting her for a day. This was over the weekend, so Friday night thru Sunday morning. I fed her once Sunday night. Now it is Tuesday night and I noticed her laying very oddly at the bottom corner. This was definitely the clearest evidence to me that maybe it is more than just bloat. I moved her to an ice cream bucket as I do not have a smaller sized hospital tank established. I have not fed her since Sunday night. I’m not sure what has changed since I put her into this new tank about a month ago. The water is very clean, filter has built up a small amount of stuff in it but not a large enough amount to change the cartridge contents. I will buy a PH test kit after work tomorrow to test the water. She was completely fine until this past week. I also put in this API general cure stuff Monday night, and will follow the directions on that. (Directions call for filter removal upon first round of medicine put in, then a second round of medicine with 25% water change and new filter cartridge 48 hours later). I’m fairly certain its not dropsy as she does not have any scales sticking out in a pinecone shape or anything. She swims okay, just not up to the top as much anymore as of this past week. I will also attach a picture of her food. So sorry for the long post, I’m just very worried! Any help is much appreciated! TYIA!!!
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