Heal Betta

[LilBangarang]

Hey guys, i've been a dedicated fish lover and keeper my whole life. I have a 40 gallon cichlid setup right now and hope to upgrade soon. My brother has had a betta for a while now and I have had to change the water the whole time he's had it. I left on a trip to Romania for a month and came back to see that the fish is bloated just behind the head. Besides water changes, is there really anything that can be done?

 

[Mumma.of.two]

Hello,
Can you possibly post some pictures of the lump/bloat? What is he fed and what are his tank conditions (size, parameters, temp)?

 

[LilBangarang]

Now he just has it in a crappy 1 gallon thing. I'm gonna get it into a 10 soon. Will post pics soon.

 

[shellieca]

Other than the "bloat" is he behaving normally, eating? Does he get fasted? I'm guessing his water is probably not heated? The clean water will definitely help & he really needs a heater if he doesn't have one.

 

[LilBangarang]

He seems pretty normal. I feed him a pinch of flakes once a day and bloodworms twice a week. I'm going to get him a larger tank, filter, and heater.