Thanks you,
StephanieMy Betta fish is laying on his side all the time either at the top or bottom of the tank. What could be wrong?
It sounds like swimbladder disease
Swim Bladder Disorder (SBD)
Composed by: Crystal, Healthy Betta. Modified by: Rachel, Healthy Betta (2004).
CAUSES:
Swim Bladder Disorder is often caused by overfeeding or lack of variety in the diet. SBD is not contagious and there is no need to destroy a fish with this condition as he/she is not suffering. SBD may be a side effect of a constipated betta.
PREVENTION:
Some betta owners fast (do not feed) their betta for one day per week to cleanse the betta's system. This is a useful method to prevent Swim Bladder Disorder and/or Constipation, especially if live or frozen foods are fed on a regular basis. Another feeding option thought to prevent SBD is splitting a betta's feeding up into two small meals per day, rather than one larger meal. This reduces the amount of food intake at one time and allows the betta's system to process it easier. Always remember a betta's stomach is about the size of his eyeball, so a little food goes a long way. Variety in a betta's diet is important both to prevent illness, and insure they are receiving the necessary nutrients to stay healthy.
DIAGNOSIS:
One day your betta is fine - swimming around happily and blowing his bubbles. The next day, he is swimming lopsided, not as active and maybe a tad bit dull in color or bloated. The "swim bladder" is located on the spine of the fish between his belly and tail. If the bladder becomes enlarged/swollen or tight, it can cause your fish to have difficulty swimming. Usually with swim bladder the fish will either float on one side or lay at the bottom because he has difficulty getting to the top. It may appear as though the betta has lost their buoyancy.
TREATMENT:
Try to keep your betta's diet balanced and not to overfilling. The swim bladder will soon correct itself and your betta will begin to swim normal again.
Similar to constipation, you can also try to fast your betta for 24-48 hours. Next, take a cooked pea and peel it. Feed a small portion of it to your betta on the end of a flat toothpick. Watch to make sure your betta is going to the bathroom, as this will mean the SBD and/or constipation is subsiding.
Additional procedures:
Clean water is always important for a betta, but is especially beneficial for any betta facing an illness.
Always keeping your betta warm, between 76-82 degrees, will also help them to feel more comfortable and raise their immune system.
Hope that helps
good luck
EB
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Every disease is treatable to some degree, i would never say your fish just dies because it's sick, it's like if you're sick and they tell you that you die without looking for the cause ;)
I hope your fish get's better
EB
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My Betta fish is laying on his side all the time either at the top or bottom of the tank. What could be wrong?My fish had ich and started acting like this. Anyways i treated my fish the spots went away and i thought he was going to recover but about 3 days latter his eyes became enlarged and foggy. Poor guy looked like he was suffering. He died 3 days later RIP 1/13/09
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the answer is dropsey and to be honest the bloating is infection and if it is in a tank with other fish remove it and flush it because it can burst open and infect the water and kill all your fish but sorry Stephanie there is no saving you betaMy Betta fish is laying on his side all the time either at the top or bottom of the tank. What could be wrong?
the difficulty in treatment of swim bladder problems is that by the time you can diagnose the problem it is usually quite advanced and the medications available dont have a high success rate. in aquariums the treatment is done more to deal with the early stages in your other fish (sort of to protect them from getting worse) in the case of a betta there generally aren't any other fish.
this sort of problem often starts from the fish experiencing stress (the move) but being a fish they try to hide the problem till it is very advanced.
what you need to watch for are early signs (like the not eating) and react at that time
I know your looking for the cure but i want to prepare you for the reality of the situation. if your determined to try a medication try maracyn-two and cut the dose to the volume of water your keeping him in . good luck
Going to a vet isn't going to help unless they specialize in fish most of a vets training is in dogs and cats (or farm animals) your college biology dept might be able to help though, a lot of professors keep aquariums
Hmm maybe he didn't like it there. maybe it is a swim blabber issue. do u think u should take him to a vet? (i don't think people bring fishes to the vet) .hmm my dad had an aquarium and all the fishes he had died a week later he said they all died because they were in a salt water aquarium or had salt water in it or something like that. so what kind of water is he in? he should be under fresh water. It debends what type of fish he/she is.
The pet store is in the business of selling pets. Fish in their view are pretty disposable. If you want something to help you treat your fish, talk to a vet and see if they know some way of helping him.
Before you talk to the vet, consider what else may be different about his living conditions. Did you change the water? Clean the tank and not rinse it well enough, change his brand of food, anything like that? The vet will be asking those kinds of questions as well, so think about it now.
I don't mean to alarm you.. but my male betta fish did the exact same thing a few days before he died. He was very active before this happened. He, too, got bloated. He died about 3 days after I noticed this.
I'm not saying this is what's going to happen to your fish.. Yours might have something different, or curable. Call around to a few pet stores and ask them their advice. Good luck!
It could have a swim bladder problem. It might have been caused by stress when you noved him. Or it could be dropsy (which is bad) and if his scals stick out like a pinecone there is nothing you can do for him because the internal organs including the liver has beem damage beyond the point of return.
The best answer.... :), GO TO THE VET!!!!, can be bad, or not, ask to the vet.....
your fish is dieing. change his water and use distilid water if you wish, but he is on his way out
Betta fish are tank cleaners. They eat alge and other decomposing matter. Don't change his tank water unless its too nasty. Then you should only change half the water to keep enough things he likes to eat in the water. Suprising huh. Didn't know it either when I got mine.
If you change his enviroment or water you have to maintain a balance between the water temp. If the fish have white dots on him it may be a fungus, in the pets stores they sell this fungus cure thing so if you fish have dots check for that. ohh if not look for a female lol.
I have a zebra doree with the same problem. At first I thought it was pregnant but it has been like that since at least Christmas. It hasn't blown up yet. It did stay at the bottom of the tank and under the dark part of my small bridge.
It usually stays at the top now.
One way to help it is maybe get another fish. My other zebra doree chases the problemed one around and it moves all around the tank.
hes probably just playin dead. they do that a lot.
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