bubbles coming out of his gills when he gets air?

newfiedragon · 06-16-2012, 08:12 PM

One of my fish seems to be having problems swimming. At first I thought swim bladder problems, but just now when I was watching him breathing at the surface, I noticed that some bubbles were coming out of his gills!

Is this normal? I don't think I've noticed it before in any of my fish.

xShainax · 06-16-2012, 08:27 PM

Yeah, it's normal. All of my betta's do it.

newfiedragon · 06-16-2012, 08:50 PM

It caught me off guard cause it looked like he was gulping the air and it was going straight out his gills again.

xShainax · 06-16-2012, 08:52 PM

I think they might be expelling the carbon dioxide maybe?

newfiedragon · 06-17-2012, 08:57 PM

He's doing much better now. He was floating sideways earlier today, but I fed him some thawed pea and now he's swimming around without floating!

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