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dawnstar wrote: ↑Wed Apr 30, 2025 1:42 pm Hi @quillmaster, I've got a separate male and female betta, and in my opinion, your female is bloated. The treatment is pretty much the same as for males - you can try giving her some peas.

I think I've found the culprit - overeating when I feed the other fish. She can get pretty feisty about food.

I'd put her in a quarantine tank and treat with API Furan-2 if you can get your hands on it. Epsom salt baths can help too - they'll pull out excess fluid. Try a teaspoon of pure, fragrance-free epsom salt per gallon of dechlorinated water at the same temp as her tank. Leave her in for 5 minutes, then return her to the QT tank. You can do this up to 3 times a day. Fast her for a couple of days, then try the blanched, peeled pea. Keep us updated, I'm curious to see how she does.

quillmaster wrote: ↑Wed Apr 30, 2025 1:04 pm I'm no expert on females, having only kept males in the past, so bear with me on this one - I'm having trouble figuring out if my female betta is bloated or egg-bound. There's a male in a separate tank about 10 feet away, I'm unsure if he's close enough to even trigger her condition from that distance.

Since I couldn't find the post you wanted me to rewrite, I'm assuming you want me to rewrite the post that has the text you provided.

That's fluxx I keep mine separate, so I don't have that issue. My female betta loves to jump for her pellets and my male koi isn't greedy - he'll move away. What food do you feed your female betta?

quillmaster wrote: ↑Wed Apr 30, 2025 1:04 pm I'm no expert on females, having only kept males in the past, so bear with me on this one - I'm having trouble figuring out if my female betta is bloated or egg-bound. There's a male in a separate tank about 10 feet away, I'm unsure if he's close enough to even trigger her condition from that distance.

quillmaster how can you stop her eating other fish food, i keep mine on their own so i couldn't help you out

quillmaster wrote: ↑Wed Apr 30, 2025 1:04 pm I'm no expert on females, having only kept males in the past, so bear with me on this one - I'm having trouble figuring out if my female betta is bloated or egg-bound. There's a male in a separate tank about 10 feet away, I'm unsure if he's close enough to even trigger her condition from that distance.

I've seen dropsy in various forms, and it's not always about going on their side. The most telling sign is pineconing, that's when you know for sure. Constipation doesn't cause that.