Fish Weirdness

[latias54]

Well....im kinda weirded out.

I think my fish is so fat, it cant swim properly. (I think it has a low motabilizm)

It can only stay at the bottom of the tank, it swims very weirdly, like its too fat to swim (and it is, LIKE ITS GUNNA EXPLODE)

Then after a few hours, it went back to normal.

THEN THE NEXT DAY

My fish got a GIANT poopie, and it was skinny again..

Now im very weirded out........is this normal?

(It was my Crowntail Betta fish, named MR. FISH)  

[Sauce Packet]

Yes, this is very much so normal.

Betta's often suffer from constipation, which is the "fat" you saw.
This also often interfers with their swimming ability and general-getting around.

A really good trick for handling this, is to get a frozen pea, and cook it so it's
mushy in some water in your microwave. (warning, this really doesnt take long at all and you dont want to over-cook the pea so it's crispy). Then, once it's done kinda squish it with your finger once it's cool enough, that way you get betta sized chucks of it. Feed this to your betta once a week rather then there regular food. It's natures natural way to keep betta's regular.

Also, if this is an often problem you find you're Betta having, you might be slightly overfeeding. With Betta's, overfeeding is as simply as feeding them too many times a day, or one more pellet then they really need at feeding time.

Anyways, best of luck with this in the future! ^_^

 

[BluDragon35]

Haha, what she said. whee

My mom always over feeds her betta, even though I tell her they only need about three pellets per day. She says it keep them happy if she feeds them 5 or more pellets. xp  

[fishguy6]

that happened to mine to its totally natrual