why is my beta fish swimming upsidedown and sideways?

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the fish is also swimming in circles, then is laying there like its dead

Answer 1

Swimbladder is a disease which symptoms cause fish to become unable to swim correctly, your fish may exibit swimming toward the bottom of your tank or bowl, then floating back up, swimming in circles or laying or floating on his side....
There are three main things according to the posts and articles I've read that can lead to swimbladder disease.
Constipation due to overfeeding
Bad water quality
Bacteria
I recommend the following regimine, recommened to me over two years ago.

First, as soon as you notice signs of swimbladder do a 50% water change, taking care not to stress the fish by having the water temp as close to his bowl as possible.
After your water change you should not feed your fish any food for two days. On the third day feed your fish a fresh pea. Frozen peas thawed, popped out of the skin, and cut into bite size pieces. And then do another water change so that any uneaten peas do not contaminate your water.
If you don't use aquarium salt this is a good addition to most tanks. The recommended dose is one teaspoon per gallon, or one tablespoon per five gallons. If you have never added salt and you are unsure; you may want to first acclimate him at only 1/2 tsp per gallon.
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Answer 2

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why is my beta fish swimming upsidedown and sideways?
the fish is also swimming in circles, then is laying there like its dead

Answer 3

Sounds like has swim bladder disease. Symptoms: Abnormal swimming pattern, difficulty maintaining equilibrium. Swim bladder problems usually indicate another problem listed here. If you suspect swim-bladder problems in a fish, first check and treat it for other diseases as listed below: •Congenitally deformed bladder •Cancer or tuberculosis in organs adjacent to the swim bladder •Constipation •Poor nutrition •Chilling or rapid fluctuations in temperature - don't pour cold water into the bowl, ever. Let it reach room temperature first. •Serious parasitic infestation •Serious bacterial infestation If you have eliminated other causes, make sure you are feeding the right food and make sure the fish is not constipated. Also, check the temperature for your fish's requirements and keep the temperature stable. Becausse of the shrivled fins I think he def does have a bacterial or parasitic infection as the second component. Explore my source link below for a possible treatment.

Answer 4

He has a swim bladder disorder this could be caused by over feeding, bad conditions, and/or diease. The condition is not fatal, but if you don't address what ever caused this he will likely die.

1)Change the water, and completely clean the tank. Be sure not to subject him to rapid temp changes. They are bad normally, but in his condition it could be lethal.

2)If he is bloated don't feed him for 2 days. (If your betta dies after not feeding for 2 days. It wasn't lack of food.) Then cook, and peel a pea and feed part of it to him.

3)Get an anti-bacterial treatment like melafix (also marketed as bettafix), and add 1 teaspoon of salt per gallon pre-disolved in tank water.

4)Read up on betta dieases on betta talk, and then take a careful look your betta.

Answer 5

Most of the sicknesses or diseases with tropical freshwater fish can be attributed to their environment.

Almost always a quick water change, the addition of a bit of salt (unionized sea salt is the best, about a level teaspoon per five gallons equivalent) will solve whatever is ailing them.

Answer 6

He could have a possible disease that is affecting his swim bladder. I went to Petco and they gave me some drops to put in the water that fixed mines problem. However they don't sell drops to fix overfeeding performed by 4 year olds. Hope this helps

Answer 7

my beta of 10 months his name was Burq was swimming this way and he never did that. he was also doing a spiral like a lot of times. sadly he passed at 9:50 last night. he was laying on his side too. i never overfeed him and i have well water (literally its not city water. its well water.) but he has never done this before.

Answer 8

My fish is doing the same its swimbladders disease, if not treated it could kill your fish but if you treat it well, it will most likely live, purchase drops from a pet store or dont feed it for 2 days then feed him/her fresh peas. IT WORKS. Best of luck!

Answer 9

Probably dying, if its his swim bladder they used to use a method in the 1950's where they would get a cork and a pin and attach it to the fish so that it would stay upright for several hours until the swim bladder corrected itself.

i wouldn't recommend this method though

Answer 10

Probably dying. Can try doing a water change, just make sure the new water temp is the same as he is in & use a dechlorinator.