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Hi everyone, I'm very concerned about one of my bettas, Skittles. Yesterday morning, I noticed that he appeared very bloated. He was floating at the top of his tank lying almost completely on his side and unable to swim down.
After doing some research, I decided that Skittles was probably overfed. I discovered that my mom fed him on a day that he was supposed to be fasting, and figured that was the culprit. I decided that I would try the epsom salt remedy and fast him for 2 - 3 days. I also decided to do a 100% water change just in case it was more of a bacterial issue.
Well, this is where it starts to get weird. I put Skittles in his cup to clean his tank and left the room to do the water change. When I returned, he was sitting in his cup, perfectly fine. Bloating was gone and he was swimming normally. That led me to think that the tank could be the issue, but the water in his cup was the same water from his tank... So I'm not sure?
So anyways, I returned him to his tank (after acclimating him to it of course), and he seemed fine. I watched him throughout the evening and woke up during the night periodically to check on him. He was able to swim normally and I didn't notice any issues. I woke up this morning, and there he is...floating at the top of his tank, all bloated again. Does anyone know what could be causing this? He is fine for a period of time, and then suddenly he's back to being bloated. I'm very confused by all of this.
If anyone could help, I'd appreciate it very much. I'm going to fill out the info. on the sticky right now.
After doing some research, I decided that Skittles was probably overfed. I discovered that my mom fed him on a day that he was supposed to be fasting, and figured that was the culprit. I decided that I would try the epsom salt remedy and fast him for 2 - 3 days. I also decided to do a 100% water change just in case it was more of a bacterial issue.
Well, this is where it starts to get weird. I put Skittles in his cup to clean his tank and left the room to do the water change. When I returned, he was sitting in his cup, perfectly fine. Bloating was gone and he was swimming normally. That led me to think that the tank could be the issue, but the water in his cup was the same water from his tank... So I'm not sure?
So anyways, I returned him to his tank (after acclimating him to it of course), and he seemed fine. I watched him throughout the evening and woke up during the night periodically to check on him. He was able to swim normally and I didn't notice any issues. I woke up this morning, and there he is...floating at the top of his tank, all bloated again. Does anyone know what could be causing this? He is fine for a period of time, and then suddenly he's back to being bloated. I'm very confused by all of this.
If anyone could help, I'd appreciate it very much. I'm going to fill out the info. on the sticky right now.