This is my 1 year old male betta, Lava and I noticed over a week ago that he was getting wider but I thought he was ok because still acted like he was hungry and he was active in his 20 gallon tank. I think he may have eaten a ghost shrimp that I haven’t seen in a few days. Now I have him in a 3 gallon hospital tank and I am currently fasting him. This video is today- day 3 of no food. I have read a lot of posts and learned a lot from this community so I’m trying to follow everyone’s advice from here on. I wanted to show you all this big guy and ask for you to send healing thoughts as I begin his epsom baths today. I’ll keep you posted.
https://v.redd.it/2h1tfgf4k14g1
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That guy is sure fat, how much you feed him? i mean he couldn’t get so big from just a shrimp
Your fish has dropsy.
You can try Epsom salt baths.
This is a pretty advanced case though and it is often fatal.
Not baths, 24/7 immersion to draw the fluid out of his body. Please read the following:
[https://jessielbettas.substack.com/p/treating-dropsy-in-bettas](https://jessielbettas.substack.com/p/treating-dropsy-in-bettas)
I’m not trying to be mean but how is he alive
*dying fish
This is not from feeding. And it’s not necessarily dropsy yet. I wouldn’t fast anymore and treat with a medicated food with Kanaplex or dose the tank with API Fin and Body or Seachem Polyguard along with epsom salt dosed in the hospital tank. If you can’t do a hospital then do epsom salt baths as frequently as you can.
This is like…the worst case of dropsy ive seen on here my man
Dropsy. I’d recommend euthanizing with clove oil
Poor thing looks like he’s suffering from a severe case of dropsy
It doesn’t look like dropsy as there’s no pine coming of the scales. Looks like extreme bloat.
Good luck with the epsom salt baths OP. I hope he recovers.
I have had fish literally explode and they weren’t this big.
Euthanize. It’s the most humane option at this point.