Betta bloat and female betta questions

Cometbetta
  • #1
Hello,

So this is what I am seeing in my betta Bean, who I have had for about two months

Physical symptoms I am worried about
She appears slightly bloated. darker tummy

Normal functions/emotional signs
I have not physically seen her poop so I do not know on that front
she is very active, very colorful, with full fins
Fins are not clamped and she does not appear to hang out in an lethargic manner at any certain part of the tank


I may just be paranoid, but I would love to get your guyses opinions to either treat her properly or ease my mind. I have recently read so many sad stories of betta bloat She has been this way for about a week now, she is slightly less bloated in these photos, but certainly not as sleek as she used to be. I initially thought it was diet-related. For two reasons; first I was feeding betta bugs and more would come out of the container than I intended as well as I had dropped an algae disc in for my snails which she went crazy for. That was a bit over a week ago. I since have fasted her for two days, she is now being fed once a day about 3 pieces of her food (tropical bug bites). I have also given her a small bit of pea, I have not given daphnia. I do not feed peas every day, only about once in the last week. Is this egg-related? Based on these photos and the pictures should I be worried and actively addressing this with more serious treatment. I know for goldfish the female is a bit rounder is that the same for betta too? I, unfortunately, don't know a lot about eggs in female betta. Any suggestions are welcome I am always learning. Also while I am here anything I should do differently care-wise for the female betta compared to the male? She is the funniest little thing, I want to make sure she happy and healthy <3

Cheers,

Tank
size: 10 gallons
Temp: 78
water: cycled and normal water readings
filtered: yes

Diet
tropical bug bites (staple diet)
betta bugs (I have stopped feeding these for the moment)
thawed blood worms (occasionally as a treat)
peas (rarely)


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BeanTV.jpg
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my camera is not the best for speedy Bean so hopefully, this works
 
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Demeter
  • #2
A healthy female betta is always a bit plump. I can see your girl has big ovaries (yellow triangle inside) so lots of eggs. She looks fine to me.
 
Cometbetta
  • Thread Starter
  • #3
A healthy female betta is always a bit plump. I can see your girl has big ovaries (yellow triangle inside) so lots of eggs. She looks fine to me.

Ok, what a relief to hear. I did not know that the yellow triangle was her eggs, how neat!
 
KeriMc
  • #4
She's a beauty!
 
Cometbetta
  • Thread Starter
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