Poor baby. Sounds like you feed your little guy too much. Bettas have stomachs the size of ONE of their eyes. So tiny! So feeding him so many pellets a day probably made the poor guy bloated. Do you soak your pellets in water before you feed him? Pellets have a lot of air in them and can make bettas bloated.
....Actually, aquarium salt is very useful in helping a lot of betta problems, but NOT bloating.
Salt makes them absorb water, and when they're already bloated, they don't need to be bloated anymore.
However, Epsom Salt is a good laxative and can be used to help bettas as well as humans.
SO... you could do an Epsom Salt bath. You put one to three teaspoons of Epsom Salt per every gallon of water. (I use tank water and put it in my hospital tank and do a water change on my regular tank. Two birds with one stone!)
Put your little guy in there for fifteen to twenty minutes.
Fast him and do this for ten days. That should help.
You could also feed him a little daphnia, but those are hard to find in some areas.
So an alternative could be to give him a tiny bit of pea. How you do this is, take a frozen pea(found in your local grocery's freezer section) and place it in some water (I use a little sauce cup that I have) and microwave it for thirty seconds. Then let it sit for about five minutes.
After which, you take the pea out of its shell(if it isn't already) and put a tiny bit on your finger. About the size of your fishie's eye, and smoosh it. Then feed it to him.
I really don't recommend doing the pea thing too often, as betta's digestive systems are only meant for meats. They're carnivores. Roughage isn't very good for them but it does help clean them out.
Hope this helps!
....Actually, aquarium salt is very useful in helping a lot of betta problems, but NOT bloating.
Salt makes them absorb water, and when they're already bloated, they don't need to be bloated anymore.
However, Epsom Salt is a good laxative and can be used to help bettas as well as humans.
SO... you could do an Epsom Salt bath. You put one to three teaspoons of Epsom Salt per every gallon of water. (I use tank water and put it in my hospital tank and do a water change on my regular tank. Two birds with one stone!)
Put your little guy in there for fifteen to twenty minutes.
Fast him and do this for ten days. That should help.
You could also feed him a little daphnia, but those are hard to find in some areas.
So an alternative could be to give him a tiny bit of pea. How you do this is, take a frozen pea(found in your local grocery's freezer section) and place it in some water (I use a little sauce cup that I have) and microwave it for thirty seconds. Then let it sit for about five minutes.
After which, you take the pea out of its shell(if it isn't already) and put a tiny bit on your finger. About the size of your fishie's eye, and smoosh it. Then feed it to him.
I really don't recommend doing the pea thing too often, as betta's digestive systems are only meant for meats. They're carnivores. Roughage isn't very good for them but it does help clean them out.
Hope this helps!
