Yo dude your video totally saved our betta! We set up a hospital tank just like you said and warmed her water just a little using a heat pad and a meat thermometer to monitor the temperature. We put some plants with big leaves in so she could chill and relax too as she was really struggling with her buoyancy. Today she took some huge poops and is back to her old self! We were so worried and panicked a bit but watching your video over and over really helped us figure out what to do. We were told that she'd be fine at room temp but I think when her water was changed it was too cold and triggered the constipation but I'm not sure. We are also going to give her a more varied diet and I just bought a small adjustable heater. Thanks for putting out such an awesomely informative video for all of us noobie fish owners.
my betta died to SBD today and im planning on getting another at some point. thank you for making this video and helping me stay educated in the treatment of fish
I just wanted to thank you for your videos. My Betta had fin rot then developed swim bladder disease. I treated my Betta for both with the information I got from your videos and he is now back to normal, greeting me in the morning and swimming around. Thank you for saving my Betta.
I also want to mention that swim bladder can also develop from too low or high of a ph. One particular water change, I made the ph over 7.5 and my betta was really struggling to swim down and stay upright. Once a brought down the ph again, he was swimming normally. So PSA to any betta keepers, if it’s not constipation or disease, it might just be bad water parameters so try that before administering treatment!
This video is fantastic! I've watched several videos trying to find answers for what is happening with my betta, and yours covered everything! Thank you for the clear, and easy to understand explanations and examples. Very well done! 👍
I just saved my betta thanks to your video. He is swimming and eating normally for a week now. I am so thankful I came across your treatment. I do think a caught it early enough to help. He was a pretty sick boy but was still eating though not as much. He was darting up to get just enough food to keep him alive because the effort was just too much for him. Now he is all over the tank exploring like normal! Thank you ThankYou for posting such an informative video. If I didn’t find this I don’t know if he would have made it.
The shallow tank idea is imperative! I wish I knew about it. My beta with SBD had an inflated swim bladder for a while. It deflated and quickly died because he had no way of getting air
OMG I'm so thankful that I came across you!! You really explain in detail the signs & symptoms & treatments & how to prepare. I may be crazy but I miss my little guy peaking out at me through the windows of his castle. It truly saddens me to see him suffering at the bottom of his tank. Now I know exactly what to do in hopes of making him feel better & ultimately saving him. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
This video has been so very helpful! Our fish Ranger has been doing a few of those symptoms. My 5 yr old is very worried about him. I didn't think to quarantine him. The shallow water tip made so much sense. Water change I feel made him stressed and I was thinking he's dying. I am taking these tips and hoping I can save our little guy. Thank you for such great content
DUDE tysm! This video helps a lot! I did everything what I could in this video, putting him in a hospital bin and the plants, I also feed him those peas as well. Apparently my betta fish was just having trouble releasing his 💩 but after that, over night he was swimming perfectly! 😊
Same. My male betta (Igor… or Igs, as we often cal him) just started the distorted swimming this morning. I was concerned about him already given that he is pretty gluttoness with his food because he didn’t wanna eat anything at all yesterday and just stayed in his little house at the bottom of the tank all day. When I woke up this morning I couldn’t find him… he was in his plants at the back of his tank up underneath his filter. I guess he had shoved his self over there so the filter in the plants would hold him down. And because he never goes back there, it took me a little while to find him. Now I have him in a quarantine tank trying to treat him. So I’m trying to get all the information I can right now. He looks so pitiful & I feel so helpless. My husband & I lost our infant daughter back in October 2021 and I bought him 2 wks after she passed away, as I was in desperate need of something to nurture and in a completely defeated & devastating state. So he is literally my lil’ guy… my baby boy. He has to get better. I’m thankful for any advice & for others’ stories so I can do my best to help him recover.🐟❤️🩹
Very impormative. I think my betta is suffering from SBD due to water shock or something. it came like it’s already dead. He was lying on his side at the bottom of the cup. I transfered him in a hospital tank, put indian leaves and made the water shallow since he is having a hard time swimming to the top. He is quite okay now. :) thank you! I hope he recovers fast.
I went to PetSmart to buy a Betta .I've had many Bettas before but this male Betta in store was swimming sideways and laying at bottom. I asked the worker is this fish ok? As I want to buy him.a beautiful twin tail. She said he's just resting. I'm like???? Anyway I bought him hoping to help him. So far he's under almond indian leaf chilling. Thanks for info.
I’ve had my betta for 2 days and noticed these signs for a day now. I think it’s stress related for sure. He’s not bloated but has lethargy and positioned tail down.
really good video, a lot of people still dont' understand epsom salt baths, there's some low quality vids online but definitely room for a better video
I own my first betta fish and this is the 3rd week I've had it. Though I noticed today, my fish has sbd. It does stay in one corner of the tank close to the water heater. I'm not freaking out, but I am concerned. Your video will help me get this fix, as it is very informative and thorough. Glad I found your channel to help me through this new betta journey. Thank you.
Great quality and informative video! One of my betta that is about 2 or three years old is having problems standing in an upright position and getting his food. I took him out of his tank and put him in a smaller tank with good flow and water parameters. I am treating him now with Klanaplex.
Excellent video, liked. My poor betta has been not swimming much but is just near the top of the tank since I had to move him for a week while on vacation.
Thanks for the quality video friend! Pretty much covers all the research that's out there so far in the web and condenses it into one informative video. My betta fish (once strong and happy--would jump many times in a row when he sees someone he loves) has SBD and is now depressed, so I'm really adamant on making sure that he returns to his happy self.
@@Pharmaquatics thanks! After following some of your advice, he's been doing better now--starting to "flap" his fins and move around a his tank more. Really helpful video :)
Hi how is your Betta now? Our lil guy is exactly the same depressed because of SBD. He is usually so excited to see us and loves to play 😔 Trying my best to save him.
@@rb19518 Hi there R, sorry to hear that. :/ It gets better, just keep a close eye on him and use the tips that was recommended in this video. My betta is better now, no more problems; he's enjoying the new plants I got him (which really help, as he was depressed before because there were no plants). I would say the peas suggestion really helped. Also, the dry pellets you'd get at the fish store (I'd assume) is what caused him to be constipated (emphasis on dry) which is why he had SBD to begin with. I can't assume that your poor betta is going through the same situation, but I hope he gets better soon. It's really stressful to see your poor baby sad and not knowing how to help them. (Extra tips: I've been really keen on cleaning up my tanks strictly every 7 days (it not only keeps him happy, but my molly, gourami and corys too) or even earlier, and I also test out the water parameters every now and then to make sure they're up to standard. Also, using carbon as a part of the filtration system helps to keep the nitrates down.) I hope this helps!
My Crowntail betta seems to have a swim bladder disease as he can't swim down from the surface of his tank, he just floats right back and I have tried many things to fix this including giving him a break from food for two days I believe it is something to do with the amount of food he's been eating.. at least he can still breath at the suface I will try the boiled pea thing again
So I have a dumbo that has a buoyancy problem. Like, he's stuck bobbing at the top of the tank and he can't swim down. He's still active and very eager to eat, but he just... can't swim down. What can I do to fix this?
Same here. In fact, my fish has been floating at the top of the tank on his side for over 2 weeks now. He can eat but can barely swim. I have done the epson salt bath, and tried one medication, and now am going to start with another. I have no idea how to help him.
Great video. Thank you for all of your advice. Unfortunately I didn’t see your video when my beta had SBD. the fortunate thing is my betta is all well now. The water temperature increased and I also added almond leaves to the water. The pet store people said this will help. I’m not sure what cured my fish but I’m glad he is back to normal. I will keep your video on hand if I have to cure my betta of SBD ever again. Fingers crossed...no.
Thank you so much bro I come to your videos and Reddit ! To help me .. I’m a new fish/beta owner and want the best for him . Is there anyway to contact you lol for more questions ?
One year later and your videos are still helping ppl out thank you bro very informative. I’m putting my Betta on a diet until Friday hopefully his belly gets smaller
I skip a day without feeding my community tank with a Plakat Betta. I don’t think fish in the wild catch food every day. They nibble on algae sources in between. So once a week they do not get fed. They are all fine. It’s a good habit to get into.
I just purchased a betta from Petco with an obvious swim bladder problem. He's been floating on his side for almost a week. I did a 3 day fast, then on the 4th day fed him some pea and daphnia. He's still floating on his side. I haven't been noticing any real improvement...how long can it take for them to recover?
I've had a betta now for about 2 months and I did a lot of research before I got it so he is in a 10 gallon tank with hides and a heater. I do think he has swim bladder and I'm concerned it is due to either poor diet (he has never been able to eat the pellets, they are always too big for him, plus he's never interested in food that sinks like bloodworms, he's only ever been able to successfully eat betta flakes) or it could be the water quality. I do change the water but I live in an older house and using water test strips everything is within normal parameters except the GH levels, I'm not sure how to fix that issue since the only water access I have is tap water, I do let it sit for about 24-48 hours before I add it to his tank but the GH level is always incredibly high. Do you have any suggestions for foods he could eat besides the flakes and any way to lower the GH in the water? Thank you for all the information you provided!
Sir my betta seems to get swim bladder disease very often and it also vanishes quickly So is it a issue?i recently started floating my pellets before feeding
I finally found a video on youtube that explains this disease better. My husband and i are dealing with this issue right now. My betta has been with us for a year. We went on an out of town trip for 2 days and when we got back he was propping himself up by the filter and when we tried to wake him up by playing with the water a bit, he swam really fast then floated sideways. We panic thinking he is dying. It has been 6 days and he is still alive. We did the aquatic salt and pea method. But nothing has worked yet. But we don't want to give up. I want to look for an ig or tiktok acct to message you. Maybe you can give us advice. Thank you!
@@buhuilianai my betta unfortunately passed away a month ago. It was fin rot. We tried putting antibiotics in his water and this extended his life but his fin rot was really severe. So he eventually died.
I so appreciate this video! It had all the information I needed, and thank you for throughly explaining every point, it has helped me so much! I'm guilty of somewhat blindy buying a Glo Betta female and the PetSmart workers didn't know anything at all. When I took her home I vowed to give her the best life I could, so I did tons of research, took back some of the dangerous tank decor I stupidly bought, got her some real food instead of the "Glo Beta Flakes" and she's doing wonderful! She's so much happier and healthier ❤️
Hi man i have questions my betta fish keep on sinking it get up to get air and sinking again is it the same problem please if you can answer my question and thanks
Totally late reply and hopefully your fish is much better now, but what I have known from giving my bettas an Epsom salt bath is it can take up to three days to 2 weeks to start seeing progress. It really depends and hopefully you will be able to tell that they are getting better!
Awesome, informative video! Currently trying to take care of my little betta who most definitely seems to have a case of SBD using your advice. I'll take a deeper look around myself, but do you (or anyone else) know of an alternative to maracyn in the UK? I can't seem to find it... 😢 Anyways, keep up the great content. Absolutely worth a subscribe!
When I went to the pet store with my sister to get her a fish I saw a beautiful beta with a bloated bottom half. No popped out scales but it looks like he has a bubble inside of him. I decided to get him because I thought maybe I could save him and I might be his best chance. I’m not set up for a fish right now but I got everything and am setting him up a five gallon tank while I keep him in a hospital tank. I just took some of the water out to make it shallower and now I’m trying to decide what to do next. The hospital tank doesn’t have a filter in it but the water perimeters were good and I’ll keep changing the water and checking it every day. I’m hoping it’s something simple that caused it and that it’ll go away. Maybe the stress from the pet shop?
My beta died recently. It was always at the top of the tank and not eating. It seem like it was weak and very thin. The water and temp was normal from the videos I watched. It was with other fish in the tank. It is hard to limit how much the fish would eat since it eats what is fed to the other fish. Should the beta be inter mingled with other fish or in it own tank?
My betta had the distended belly. So we didn’t feed him for a few days and it looks normal now. However, his fins are really discolored, he’s weak and just laying in the bottom of the tank. I’m afraid to hit him with an antibiotic. I quarantined him and have the water real low. Trying to get the temp up into the high 70’s. There’s some brown around her gills I just noticed. Any advice?
Try Indian Almond leaves! Do some research on how it can help. It helps lower the ph and soften the water and improve the environment for your fish. Plus it’s close to how the natural habitat of bettas. I believe it can help aerate the water too if i am not mistaken. I also would amp up the temperature to 82F. Bettas preffer earmer temperatures but not too warm. So dont go beyond what i suggested. You can go to betta fish forums in the internet as well. Maybe you can get help from other betta enthusiasts ~
I couldn’t leave this suffering Betta at Petco… I’m so new to fish keeping… but how could I turn my back on him??!!! but he def has swim bladder, fin rot, and possibly ick…he was struggling to breathe at the store in that little Dixie cup 😡… got him home in hospital tank with air stone and heater… I did use aquarium salt then a few hrs later I used API Gen Cure. Today his breathing is a lot better, but can barely swim. He can come up for air and he does… water level very low so he can do so… he is not bloated, so I don’t think it’s constipation… any other suggestions??? What about methylene blue??? I have it on hand but not sure about it… thanks 🙏 ❤
Yeahhh I definitely overfed my betta, I'm going to fast him for 3 days. Also, I dont have a filter for the hospital tank, it's a small tank. I just do a 100% water change everyday?
I’m at a loss with my betta. He has been very swollen for over a month but otherwise seems happy (making bubbles in his tank). I tried isolation and fasting and peas but he won’t eat them because they don’t float he he doesn’t look. Not sure what else to try.
Great video thanks for the info 👍 I made the mistake of using aquarium salt instead of Epson salt for my Cory cat that has some problems with its swim bladder.
HI! new subscriber here... :) quick ? toward the end of the video (18:48) you said re: water to "have your ammonia at zero, your nitrates at zero, you can have your nitrates at 10-20" ???? so is it zero, or 10-20? Having an issue with my buddy Blue (betta) so I would appreciate clarificaiton :) Thanks!
Great video! I just received a betta with the same issues your betta had where it was sinking to the botton. Did it recover well? I currently set up a hospital tank and I'll be fasting it for 3 days then feed it a bit of peas. Also added some indian almond leaves and esha 2000 for treatment. Anything else you recommend i would do?
My betta fish I think has swimm bladder disease I left my 5 gallon tank about one week without cleaning because I was busy and I cleaned it in 10 days that week my betta fish was not very active sometimes sinking and its like the water is pushing him but when I close the filter and the oxygen it was the same these the week ended and today my betta fish it's not responding staying in the bottom I tried give him a pea yesterday he ate it but nothing today its not responding i don't have a heater because in the summer when I bought it it was warm but now its not warm its 22 degrees Celsius
I have getting some antibiotics, but it is going to arrive in quite a while. Do you have any other recommendations, meds or foods that can help with the bacterial infections? I heard that garlic is a great natural antibiotic, so I’m soaking my fishes pellets in garlic juice. Great vid with good detail!
Hello! So my betta may have this, due to my sleep scheduleI have been feeding him more. I haven’t really thought of this I just thought he was depressed since most of his plants have died I got him a lot more but he’s still laying at the bottom of the tank. He does have a rather large stomach. Also he has a rather large lump at the end of his body where is tail meets, hes almost chewed his tail completely off. Im sorry if this doesn’t make sense im just freaked out!
Read my article on this topic for those who prefer less talking and more reading 🤓: www.pharmaquatics.com/post/how-to-treat-swim-bladder-disease-in-betta-fish
My betta fish has been having SBD problems for a few weeks now. He seems to get extremely bloated after feedings even tho I am feeding him less and more infrequently than before he had symptoms. Could this be parasites or something else?
Lots of information about causes and cures, but little information about how you treated the fish that arrived with the problem. Did you just fast and pea the Betta or did you use any antibiotics or did it clear up on its own????
Just bought a Dumbo Female Betta. Immediately after placing her in aquarium we noticed she had a hard time diving. She'd constantly float back to surface. She settled near the heater and just sat there, tired out. Came to TH-cam to discover "Swim Bladder Disease". After almost an hour of researching this and convinced this is her problem, I went back to aquarium to remove her. Low and behold! She was swimming perfectly fine! Looked around tank and found a huge turd floating around. Since the tank was perfectly clean when I put her in, I'm going to assume she warmed up which help her drop her load. Monitored her for hours and can't tell she ever had those symptoms. Strange, but I'm glad she's fine now.
My platy fish has possible SBD. When she stops trying to swim up she will sink. I did put her in a quarantaine tank with a low waterlevel. Do I need to fill the tank completely and add a small filter or do I need to do watertherapy? Switching waterlevels every 30 minutes 3 times a day?
What if my betta is bent differently? The picture shows the betta bent like head & tail up body down but my betta is bent sideways like he’s about to do a turn
I don’t understand my betas problem help! He just floats all day and whenever he wants to go down he swims down perfectly but then goes back to floating he has a bump but idk what to di
Hey I kinda need a quick response but I have a gold fish that I think has this he’s been on the bottom and not being able to float I see him really trying to move but his 2 back fins are working he’s hasn’t ate in days and when I tried peas he spits them out and as well as anything else could someone help on what to do I tried the Epsom salt bath and an bacterial infection remedy
hey, so i just got a betta fish and a tiny cat fish into 2.5 g Aquarium, i used clean drinking water for the tank and have a heater but i really dont want to get a filter, what r your thoughts? and thank you for all your insight into taking care of our little friends
Another point is age. My beta is almost 3 years at my home. He is blind at one eye. He turned from red to kind of brownish over time. and now has swimbladder problems that will not go away no matter what I tried.
I over fed my betta 🤦🏻♀️ I have a question I have them in a small but long plastic tote for my betta I have cat and dogs so I love the 5 gallon portrait tank because it isolates the cat hair and dog hair from the water and I sealed the lid of the tote hospital so they won’t bother the fish and no hair or dirt will get into the water. So my question is is it ok to keep the lid on the isolation tote. I will be fasting my beta for 3 days as well and I will do 100% water changes for the 3 days. I’m just worried that they won’t get the proper oxygen or would it be ok for the few days he’s in there?
Yo dude your video totally saved our betta! We set up a hospital tank just like you said and warmed her water just a little using a heat pad and a meat thermometer to monitor the temperature. We put some plants with big leaves in so she could chill and relax too as she was really struggling with her buoyancy. Today she took some huge poops and is back to her old self! We were so worried and panicked a bit but watching your video over and over really helped us figure out what to do. We were told that she'd be fine at room temp but I think when her water was changed it was too cold and triggered the constipation but I'm not sure. We are also going to give her a more varied diet and I just bought a small adjustable heater. Thanks for putting out such an awesomely informative video for all of us noobie fish owners.
This is why I do it! Happy to hear man.
my betta died to SBD today and im planning on getting another at some point. thank you for making this video and helping me stay educated in the treatment of fish
I just wanted to thank you for your videos. My Betta had fin rot then developed swim bladder disease. I treated my Betta for both with the information I got from your videos and he is now back to normal, greeting me in the morning and swimming around. Thank you for saving my Betta.
I'm in the same boat. I hope this helps my precious boy.
Can u help me out please my betta is going through the same and i treated his fin rot but he still has swim bladder dsease
Nvm i got it lol im currently fasting him
@@dontfckwithspiders5684hows your fish ?
I also want to mention that swim bladder can also develop from too low or high of a ph. One particular water change, I made the ph over 7.5 and my betta was really struggling to swim down and stay upright. Once a brought down the ph again, he was swimming normally. So PSA to any betta keepers, if it’s not constipation or disease, it might just be bad water parameters so try that before administering treatment!
What did you use for ph changer.
This video is fantastic! I've watched several videos trying to find answers for what is happening with my betta, and yours covered everything! Thank you for the clear, and easy to understand explanations and examples. Very well done! 👍
glad it helped!
Great quality videos, man. We can tell the effort you put in to making them. Keep up the good work 👌
comments like this keep me going - thanks man
I just saved my betta thanks to your video. He is swimming and eating normally for a week now. I am so thankful I came across your treatment. I do think a caught it early enough to help. He was a pretty sick boy but was still eating though not as much. He was darting up to get just enough food to keep him alive because the effort was just too much for him. Now he is all over the tank exploring like normal! Thank you ThankYou for posting such an informative video. If I didn’t find this I don’t know if he would have made it.
this is amazing to hear!! glad everything worked out Nicole 🙏
@@Pharmaquatics I'm going to try
The shallow tank idea is imperative! I wish I knew about it. My beta with SBD had an inflated swim bladder for a while. It deflated and quickly died because he had no way of getting air
sorry to hear that! but yes it's definitely something often overlooked
I just lowered the water level, and it seemed to motivate the fish to swim up and breathe more.
OMG I'm so thankful that I came across you!! You really explain in detail the signs & symptoms & treatments & how to prepare. I may be crazy but I miss my little guy peaking out at me through the windows of his castle. It truly saddens me to see him suffering at the bottom of his tank. Now I know exactly what to do in hopes of making him feel better & ultimately saving him. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
glad i could help!
Sorry, but did your fishy get better?
This video has been so very helpful! Our fish Ranger has been doing a few of those symptoms. My 5 yr old is very worried about him. I didn't think to quarantine him. The shallow water tip made so much sense. Water change I feel made him stressed and I was thinking he's dying. I am taking these tips and hoping I can save our little guy. Thank you for such great content
hope everything panned out for the better!!
This video is really great. I feel like you answered all my questions and now I’m gonna go heal my fish :-) thank you
Thank you! This is so informative and well structured video. Easy to follow and clear message. I'll give it a shot. I hope my betta recovers. 🙏
DUDE tysm! This video helps a lot! I did everything what I could in this video, putting him in a hospital bin and the plants, I also feed him those peas as well. Apparently my betta fish was just having trouble releasing his 💩 but after that, over night he was swimming perfectly! 😊
You saved my daughters Beta with the epsom salt quarantine - thank you!!!
Thank you so much for this video. I have had my betta for a while, and shes fighting it. I am thankful for this video.
Any improvement on her condition?
Same. My male betta (Igor… or Igs, as we often cal him) just started the distorted swimming this morning. I was concerned about him already given that he is pretty gluttoness with his food because he didn’t wanna eat anything at all yesterday and just stayed in his little house at the bottom of the tank all day. When I woke up this morning I couldn’t find him… he was in his plants at the back of his tank up underneath his filter. I guess he had shoved his self over there so the filter in the plants would hold him down. And because he never goes back there, it took me a little while to find him. Now I have him in a quarantine tank trying to treat him. So I’m trying to get all the information I can right now. He looks so pitiful & I feel so helpless. My husband & I lost our infant daughter back in October 2021 and I bought him 2 wks after she passed away, as I was in desperate need of something to nurture and in a completely defeated & devastating state. So he is literally my lil’ guy… my baby boy. He has to get better. I’m thankful for any advice & for others’ stories so I can do my best to help him recover.🐟❤️🩹
You are great! Clear, focused, confident! I really appreciate the human analogies! Really helpful!
Very impormative. I think my betta is suffering from SBD due to water shock or something. it came like it’s already dead. He was lying on his side at the bottom of the cup. I transfered him in a hospital tank, put indian leaves and made the water shallow since he is having a hard time swimming to the top. He is quite okay now. :) thank you! I hope he recovers fast.
Has he survived?
I went to PetSmart to buy a Betta .I've had many Bettas before but this male Betta in store was swimming sideways and laying at bottom. I asked the worker is this fish ok? As I want to buy him.a beautiful twin tail. She said he's just resting. I'm like???? Anyway I bought him hoping to help him. So far he's under almond indian leaf chilling. Thanks for info.
lmao "resting"???? jeez - glad you got that betta into a better situation
Btw rescuing fish is of no use overall
Literally the same hapoen to me in the same store now I feel bad for him
@@sharminsultana1425 why would you say that
@@sharminsultana1425 makes people have a meaning in their life instead of having a family
please dont stop bro, ur videos are great...you'll get there for sure
I’ve had my betta for 2 days and noticed these signs for a day now. I think it’s stress related for sure. He’s not bloated but has lethargy and positioned tail down.
really good video, a lot of people still dont' understand epsom salt baths, there's some low quality vids online but definitely room for a better video
I own my first betta fish and this is the 3rd week I've had it. Though I noticed today, my fish has sbd. It does stay in one corner of the tank close to the water heater.
I'm not freaking out, but I am concerned.
Your video will help me get this fix, as it is very informative and thorough.
Glad I found your channel to help me through this new betta journey.
Thank you.
best of luck on your journey, it'll never be as smooth as people make it out to be. lots of trial and error
This is the best video I've seen on this subject! Very well outlined, organized and to the point!!! Bravo!! and Thank you!
Great quality and informative video! One of my betta that is about 2 or three years old is having problems standing in an upright position and getting his food. I took him out of his tank and put him in a smaller tank with good flow and water parameters. I am treating him now with Klanaplex.
Excellent video, liked. My poor betta has been not swimming much but is just near the top of the tank since I had to move him for a week while on vacation.
Sorry to hear that - hope he's doing better!
Thank you soooo much! You’re the first that answered ALL my questions.
Happy to help!
Thanks for the quality video friend! Pretty much covers all the research that's out there so far in the web and condenses it into one informative video. My betta fish (once strong and happy--would jump many times in a row when he sees someone he loves) has SBD and is now depressed, so I'm really adamant on making sure that he returns to his happy self.
hope he's recovering!
@@Pharmaquatics thanks! After following some of your advice, he's been doing better now--starting to "flap" his fins and move around a his tank more. Really helpful video :)
Hi how is your Betta now? Our lil guy is exactly the same depressed because of SBD. He is usually so excited to see us and loves to play 😔
Trying my best to save him.
@@rb19518 Hi there R, sorry to hear that. :/ It gets better, just keep a close eye on him and use the tips that was recommended in this video. My betta is better now, no more problems; he's enjoying the new plants I got him (which really help, as he was depressed before because there were no plants).
I would say the peas suggestion really helped. Also, the dry pellets you'd get at the fish store (I'd assume) is what caused him to be constipated (emphasis on dry) which is why he had SBD to begin with.
I can't assume that your poor betta is going through the same situation, but I hope he gets better soon. It's really stressful to see your poor baby sad and not knowing how to help them.
(Extra tips: I've been really keen on cleaning up my tanks strictly every 7 days (it not only keeps him happy, but my molly, gourami and corys too) or even earlier, and I also test out the water parameters every now and then to make sure they're up to standard. Also, using carbon as a part of the filtration system helps to keep the nitrates down.)
I hope this helps!
Thank you for your informative videos! I save them in my playlist to replay to hopefully keep my Beta, Koji , healthy.
glad they're providing value!
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience. It was so very helpful 😊
Thank you so much I have had this fish for like a year and I was so attached to it so thank you for telling me how to prevent this
How did u do a 100% water change??? Won't tht stress out the betta??
My Crowntail betta seems to have a swim bladder disease as he can't swim down from the surface of his tank, he just floats right back
and I have tried many things to fix this
including giving him a break from food for two days
I believe it is something to do with the amount of food he's been eating.. at least he can still breath at the suface
I will try the boiled pea thing again
Excellent video. You left no stone unturned. Easy to listen to and very informative. Well done.
glad it helped!!
i like the way you presented your video. i can say that it was professionally done. keep it up!
i just subscribed! 😀
So I have a dumbo that has a buoyancy problem. Like, he's stuck bobbing at the top of the tank and he can't swim down. He's still active and very eager to eat, but he just... can't swim down. What can I do to fix this?
Same here. In fact, my fish has been floating at the top of the tank on his side for over 2 weeks now. He can eat but can barely swim. I have done the epson salt bath, and tried one medication, and now am going to start with another. I have no idea how to help him.
@@janeswan2474 did u ever figure it out?
Great video. Thank you for all of your advice. Unfortunately I didn’t see your video when my beta had SBD. the fortunate thing is my betta is all well now. The water temperature increased and I also added almond leaves to the water. The pet store people said this will help. I’m not sure what cured my fish but I’m glad he is back to normal. I will keep your video on hand if I have to cure my betta of SBD ever again. Fingers crossed...no.
Thank you so much bro I come to your videos and Reddit ! To help me .. I’m a new fish/beta owner and want the best for him . Is there anyway to contact you lol for more questions ?
Your videos are awesome
Thank you ❤❤❤❤
Thanx .There's also needle aspiration of bladder. Requires anaesthetic.
There's videos on yt.
My Betta fish has a bloated stomaçh & stay just in the corner of the tank what can I do too help my fish & it is a Male help me please help
Thank you for pointing out 100% Epsom salt. I have found every scented variety but not plain.
Great info and well organized. Your channel is super!!!
One year later and your videos are still helping ppl out thank you bro very informative. I’m putting my Betta on a diet until Friday hopefully his belly gets smaller
I skip a day without feeding my community tank with a Plakat Betta. I don’t think fish in the wild catch food every day. They nibble on algae sources in between. So once a week they do not get fed. They are all fine. It’s a good habit to get into.
I just purchased a betta from Petco with an obvious swim bladder problem. He's been floating on his side for almost a week. I did a 3 day fast, then on the 4th day fed him some pea and daphnia. He's still floating on his side. I haven't been noticing any real improvement...how long can it take for them to recover?
This is an absolutely amazing breakdown. Thank you. :)
My betta has dropsy and I started Maracyn the antibiotic and I do think I need to start the Epson salt process daily. What do you recommend?
Great video!! Thank you, and keep making videos like this.
I've had a betta now for about 2 months and I did a lot of research before I got it so he is in a 10 gallon tank with hides and a heater. I do think he has swim bladder and I'm concerned it is due to either poor diet (he has never been able to eat the pellets, they are always too big for him, plus he's never interested in food that sinks like bloodworms, he's only ever been able to successfully eat betta flakes) or it could be the water quality. I do change the water but I live in an older house and using water test strips everything is within normal parameters except the GH levels, I'm not sure how to fix that issue since the only water access I have is tap water, I do let it sit for about 24-48 hours before I add it to his tank but the GH level is always incredibly high. Do you have any suggestions for foods he could eat besides the flakes and any way to lower the GH in the water? Thank you for all the information you provided!
Thank you I am a novice with betta fish I really appreciate this video thank you
Sir my betta seems to get swim bladder disease very often and it also vanishes quickly
So is it a issue?i recently started floating my pellets before feeding
I finally found a video on youtube that explains this disease better. My husband and i are dealing with this issue right now. My betta has been with us for a year. We went on an out of town trip for 2 days and when we got back he was propping himself up by the filter and when we tried to wake him up by playing with the water a bit, he swam really fast then floated sideways. We panic thinking he is dying. It has been 6 days and he is still alive. We did the aquatic salt and pea method. But nothing has worked yet. But we don't want to give up. I want to look for an ig or tiktok acct to message you. Maybe you can give us advice. Thank you!
Hi Guia! I having same problem with my betta too. Have you betta get back to normal? Can you please share what have you done to ur betta?
@@buhuilianai my betta unfortunately passed away a month ago. It was fin rot. We tried putting antibiotics in his water and this extended his life but his fin rot was really severe. So he eventually died.
@@gigipanduhwhat antibiotics did you use? :(
@richardryanegonzalez it has been a long time but there is antibiotic drops for fish tanks at stores.
My fish deff has swim bladder 😭😭😭 so do i fast him for 3 days then put him a hostpital tank or the other order around
I so appreciate this video! It had all the information I needed, and thank you for throughly explaining every point, it has helped me so much! I'm guilty of somewhat blindy buying a Glo Betta female and the PetSmart workers didn't know anything at all. When I took her home I vowed to give her the best life I could, so I did tons of research, took back some of the dangerous tank decor I stupidly bought, got her some real food instead of the "Glo Beta Flakes" and she's doing wonderful! She's so much happier and healthier ❤️
13:29 What if he’s paralyzed (maybe temporarily) by sbd, how do you feed him? Won’t i shock him or worse if i try to do it by hand?
Hi man i have questions my betta fish keep on sinking it get up to get air and sinking again is it the same problem please if you can answer my question and thanks
Thank you so much for this valuable information. May I know for how many days I need to do the Epsom Salt baths please ?
Totally late reply and hopefully your fish is much better now, but what I have known from giving my bettas an Epsom salt bath is it can take up to three days to 2 weeks to start seeing progress. It really depends and hopefully you will be able to tell that they are getting better!
Awesome, informative video! Currently trying to take care of my little betta who most definitely seems to have a case of SBD using your advice. I'll take a deeper look around myself, but do you (or anyone else) know of an alternative to maracyn in the UK? I can't seem to find it... 😢
Anyways, keep up the great content. Absolutely worth a subscribe!
My betta is like this, I fasted him correctly. But he doesn't accept peas, but when I feed him he eats normally. what should i do 😢
I have a goldfish who looks like he’s dying but he won’t good! Will these help him aswell? Do I need to condition the dip water?
When I went to the pet store with my sister to get her a fish I saw a beautiful beta with a bloated bottom half. No popped out scales but it looks like he has a bubble inside of him. I decided to get him because I thought maybe I could save him and I might be his best chance. I’m not set up for a fish right now but I got everything and am setting him up a five gallon tank while I keep him in a hospital tank. I just took some of the water out to make it shallower and now I’m trying to decide what to do next. The hospital tank doesn’t have a filter in it but the water perimeters were good and I’ll keep changing the water and checking it every day. I’m hoping it’s something simple that caused it and that it’ll go away. Maybe the stress from the pet shop?
My beta died recently. It was always at the top of the tank and not eating. It seem like it was weak and very thin. The water and temp was normal from the videos I watched. It was with other fish in the tank. It is hard to limit how much the fish would eat since it eats what is fed to the other fish. Should the beta be inter mingled with other fish or in it own tank?
My betta had the distended belly. So we didn’t feed him for a few days and it looks normal now. However, his fins are really discolored, he’s weak and just laying in the bottom of the tank.
I’m afraid to hit him with an antibiotic. I quarantined him and have the water real low. Trying to get the temp up into the high 70’s. There’s some brown around her gills I just noticed. Any advice?
Try Indian Almond leaves! Do some research on how it can help. It helps lower the ph and soften the water and improve the environment for your fish. Plus it’s close to how the natural habitat of bettas. I believe it can help aerate the water too if i am not mistaken. I also would amp up the temperature to 82F. Bettas preffer earmer temperatures but not too warm. So dont go beyond what i suggested. You can go to betta fish forums in the internet as well. Maybe you can get help from other betta enthusiasts ~
I couldn’t leave this suffering Betta at Petco… I’m so new to fish keeping… but how could I turn my back on him??!!! but he def has swim bladder, fin rot, and possibly ick…he was struggling to breathe at the store in that little Dixie cup 😡… got him home in hospital tank with air stone and heater… I did use aquarium salt then a few hrs later I used API Gen Cure. Today his breathing is a lot better, but can barely swim. He can come up for air and he does… water level very low so he can do so… he is not bloated, so I don’t think it’s constipation… any other suggestions??? What about methylene blue??? I have it on hand but not sure about it… thanks 🙏 ❤
Pharmaquatics you didn’t say How Many Days to use the Epsom Salt baths ?????? Do it until you see improvement or is there an over treatment ?
Yes got value , thanks. Now I have to get busy and fix my Betta. TY
Yeahhh I definitely overfed my betta, I'm going to fast him for 3 days. Also, I dont have a filter for the hospital tank, it's a small tank. I just do a 100% water change everyday?
Yes. Condition the water & do 100% water change daily & it will be fine
It actually helps to do smaller water changes more often. I've heard to never do full water changes because it can be really stressful on them.
my betta is hanging out only in one corner of tank and not swimming or eating he's been fasting for 2 days now no change am I doing anything wrong
Mine has SBD rn, noticed tonight. Sinking like a rock. Hoping itll he fine, getting ready to treat him tmr.
I’m at a loss with my betta. He has been very swollen for over a month but otherwise seems happy (making bubbles in his tank). I tried isolation and fasting and peas but he won’t eat them because they don’t float he he doesn’t look. Not sure what else to try.
Great video thanks for the info 👍
I made the mistake of using aquarium salt instead of Epson salt for my Cory cat that has some problems with its swim bladder.
HI! new subscriber here... :) quick ? toward the end of the video (18:48) you said re: water to "have your ammonia at zero, your nitrates at zero, you can have your nitrates at 10-20" ???? so is it zero, or 10-20? Having an issue with my buddy Blue (betta) so I would appreciate clarificaiton :) Thanks!
ammonia 0 ppm
nitrite 0 ppm
nitrate 10-20 ppm (ideally 0 but can be 10-20 if you have plants)
@@Pharmaquatics ok!! Got it. Thanks so much for clarification :)
How often do you feed beta fish??He's floating and dropping straight up and down and hardly eating and swimming
My betta is positioned vertically and keeps sinking to the bottom and trying to pull herself back up. Could this be SBD?
High quality video. Very good information
Thanks for the tips. I've watched like 4 videos on this so far. Just got home from work and saw that one of my goldfish had sbd.
What type of plant do I put in my quarantine tank real or fake?
Great video! I just received a betta with the same issues your betta had where it was sinking to the botton. Did it recover well? I currently set up a hospital tank and I'll be fasting it for 3 days then feed it a bit of peas. Also added some indian almond leaves and esha 2000 for treatment. Anything else you recommend i would do?
My betta fish I think has swimm bladder disease I left my 5 gallon tank about one week without cleaning because I was busy and I cleaned it in 10 days that week my betta fish was not very active sometimes sinking and its like the water is pushing him but when I close the filter and the oxygen it was the same these the week ended and today my betta fish it's not responding staying in the bottom I tried give him a pea yesterday he ate it but nothing today its not responding i don't have a heater because in the summer when I bought it it was warm but now its not warm its 22 degrees Celsius
Can you help me please my betta fish is dying
I can't afford a heater
I have getting some antibiotics, but it is going to arrive in quite a while. Do you have any other recommendations, meds or foods that can help with the bacterial infections? I heard that garlic is a great natural antibiotic, so I’m soaking my fishes pellets in garlic juice.
Great vid with good detail!
Hello! So my betta may have this, due to my sleep scheduleI have been feeding him more. I haven’t really thought of this I just thought he was depressed since most of his plants have died I got him a lot more but he’s still laying at the bottom of the tank. He does have a rather large stomach. Also he has a rather large lump at the end of his body where is tail meets, hes almost chewed his tail completely off. Im sorry if this doesn’t make sense im just freaked out!
I dont see the difference properly between before and after, is it that the body at the back sinks as little bit ?
Please help, my fishy has this white rock looking thing on its gills, im trying to find videos to help explain but nothing so far. Pleas help
Hw did u go
Read my article on this topic for those who prefer less talking and more reading 🤓: www.pharmaquatics.com/post/how-to-treat-swim-bladder-disease-in-betta-fish
My betta fish has been having SBD problems for a few weeks now. He seems to get extremely bloated after feedings even tho I am feeding him less and more infrequently than before he had symptoms. Could this be parasites or something else?
Lots of information about causes and cures, but little information about how you treated the fish that arrived with the problem. Did you just fast and pea the Betta or did you use any antibiotics or did it clear up on its own????
i fasted and gave peas
Just bought a Dumbo Female Betta. Immediately after placing her in aquarium we noticed she had a hard time diving. She'd constantly float back to surface. She settled near the heater and just sat there, tired out.
Came to TH-cam to discover "Swim Bladder Disease". After almost an hour of researching this and convinced this is her problem, I went back to aquarium to remove her. Low and behold! She was swimming perfectly fine! Looked around tank and found a huge turd floating around. Since the tank was perfectly clean when I put her in, I'm going to assume she warmed up which help her drop her load. Monitored her for hours and can't tell she ever had those symptoms. Strange, but I'm glad she's fine now.
My platy fish has possible SBD. When she stops trying to swim up she will sink. I did put her in a quarantaine tank with a low waterlevel. Do I need to fill the tank completely and add a small filter or do I need to do watertherapy? Switching waterlevels every 30 minutes 3 times a day?
What if my betta is bent differently? The picture shows the betta bent like head & tail up body down but my betta is bent sideways like he’s about to do a turn
Does this apply to other fish?
Mine is also swimming frantically around the tank… is this also a swim bladder problem
I don’t understand my betas problem help! He just floats all day and whenever he wants to go down he swims down perfectly but then goes back to floating he has a bump but idk what to di
Very Informative Keep going buddy and Thanks 🥰
Hey I kinda need a quick response but I have a gold fish that I think has this he’s been on the bottom and not being able to float I see him really trying to move but his 2 back fins are working he’s hasn’t ate in days and when I tried peas he spits them out and as well as anything else could someone help on what to do I tried the Epsom salt bath and an bacterial infection remedy
where can I find floating plant... is any kind of plant workable ?
hey, so i just got a betta fish and a tiny cat fish into 2.5 g Aquarium, i used clean drinking water for the tank and have a heater but i really dont want to get a filter, what r your thoughts?
and thank you for all your insight into taking care of our little friends
Hi! i've been trying to feed my betta fish peas but he won't eat at all (he has swim bladder diease) what should i do?
My beta wont eat the peas. Pls advice what yo do. I starved him for 3 days prior to feeding peas.
Did u chop peas up
@@Sewsweet08Australia yes..
Another point is age. My beta is almost 3 years at my home. He is blind at one eye. He turned from red to kind of brownish over time. and now has swimbladder problems that will not go away no matter what I tried.
Started treating with maracyn was wondering is maracyn better or kanaplex to treat the the swim bladder disease ?
I over fed my betta 🤦🏻♀️ I have a question I have them in a small but long plastic tote for my betta I have cat and dogs so I love the 5 gallon portrait tank because it isolates the cat hair and dog hair from the water and I sealed the lid of the tote hospital so they won’t bother the fish and no hair or dirt will get into the water. So my question is is it ok to keep the lid on the isolation tote. I will be fasting my beta for 3 days as well and I will do 100% water changes for the 3 days. I’m just worried that they won’t get the proper oxygen or would it be ok for the few days he’s in there?
as long as there is a layer of air on top of the water column, you should be fine!
How long do you keep them indifferent tank
What water treatment should I use in the hospital tank? I heard that Prime can actually neutralize parasite medication. Would API Stress Coat be okay?