Preventing Digestion Issues In Bettas

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Offline Vanadia

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Preventing digestion issues in Bettas
« on: October 27, 2024, 11:01:03 AM »
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My Betta recovered from Swimbladder disease a month ago. He stopped eating, was unable to stay at the bottom, and floated on his side most of the time. He was like this for weeks. I treated him with NT Labs Swim Bladder medicine twice and he actually got better. Not sure if it was the medicine or the fact he didn't eat for the best part of 2 weeks that helped him recover.

His buoyancy and appetite have returned and he is back to his usual hyper self, but I am worried that dried food may have caused the issue. I have had him for 2 years and have always fed him Hikari Betta pellets and Vibra Bites. He has started to become a bit lethargic after eating in the last few days and I am worried that the dry food may be the issue.

Any recommendations on what I could feed my Betta to prevent digestion problems and stop this happening again.


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Re: Preventing digestion issues in Bettas
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2024, 11:25:05 AM »
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The main causes of digestive troubles are dried 'live' food and bloodworms.

Food such as dried worms etc are reputed to absorb water in the fish's stomach and cause problems and the solution is to presoak them to fully rehydrate them before feeding.
Bloodworms (live or frozen) have large hard heads and too many at one meal can cause a blockage.

However, you haven't named either of these, just standard pellets. You could try soaking them before feeding - and don't feed nearly as much as the packs say. Bettas are well known for begging for food and they will eat till they almost burst if we let them. Since fish can go for days without food it is also a good idea to not feed him anything one or two days a week.

You could try adding frozen food to his diet. Look at daphnia, brine shrimp or mysis. Just one as a pack of cubes will last for ever unless you have other fish as well. You would need to shave a sliver off a cube with a sharp knife for each feeding then return the rest of the cube to the freezer. Feed once or twice a week instead of pellets.

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Re: Preventing digestion issues in Bettas
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2024, 03:41:19 PM »
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I will try soaking his pellets and if that doesn't work, look into the frozen food.

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