He was quite happy until a started noticing some bloating in his tummy. I though it was because he was eating too much but he still moved around and had appetite.
This morning I saw him very bloated and swimming funny, like he had a damaged spine, not straight but showing some sort of curvature.
Before I left for work I checked parameters and everything seemed fine. I did a partial water change and put a bit of pea paste in case he was constipated.
I came back from work to find him dead and partially eaten by my mistery snail.
Can you tell from the pictures what may have caused this? He lived in a 9 gallon by himself with a mistery snail.
This is so sad. My daughter is 4 and this is her first pet, she doesn't know yet.
I don't want to get another without knowing how to prevent this from happening.
Thank you all for your help
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Posted by Mactotete
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Swim bladder? Would be my guess. I’m sorry :/
Do you remember if his scales were going outward instead of laying flat? If so, he probably had dropsy unfortunately. His fins also looked very ripped, like possible fin rot – which could be caused by bad water quality. Can you tell the exact water parameters (ammonia, nitrIte, nitrAte)? Best wishes, I’m sorry this happened, loosing a betta is really hard 🙁
How old was he? If he was over 2 it could have just been his time.