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Help! My Betta was healthy and beautiful, ate well and
was active. After a recent water change, she lost all
balance and equilibrium, was swimming erratically and
doing someraults. Now she completely floats at the top on
her side and if spooked, will swim jerkily and then resume
her float. She is not bloated, and was unable to greab
pellets off the top as she kept "missing" them. Now she
doesn't even try! Pet store told me she has 2 sacks on
each side and one may have been punctured?? HELP!!
Aimee /blockquote>

I believe she's constipated. It's easy to treat:

first off, do a water change and don't add any aquarium
salt (if you normally do). When they're tilted on one
side, it's a sure swim bladder issue (this controls their
equilibrium) and 9 times out of 10 (from my experience)-
it's caused by bloating du...See More
Mar 17, 2007


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