The Keys to Your Betta’s Healthy Bowel

INTRODUCTION: For those looking for an easy routine to return your betta to greater regularity here’s a foolproof system that anyone can follow.

Fasting – 2-4 days : maintenance – once per week
Once you notice that your betta is constipated (common symptoms are bloated tummy and less waste products released) immediately put your betta into a fasting phase for 2-4 days. This is necessary to allow the betta’s system to clear out its bowel.

Pea – 2-4 days
After fasting your betta, prepared a cooked pea to feed your betta for 2-4 days. The pea should be cooked and then mashed. And only feed a pinch of it to your betta and not the entire piece. This should be enough to help cleanse the betta’s digestive system.

Epsom salt bath
Should fasting and feeding peas to the betta not do the trick your next move is to reach for the Epsom salt. The remedy is simple. Add a teaspoon of Epsom salt for every 2 gallons of tank water. However, this could be tedious if you do this right into your bettas current tank since you would need to get rid of the salt afterwards. Which means that you need to do full water change which is stressful to your betta.

The best alternative here is to treat your betta to an Epsom salt bath. Provide a separate tank for your constipated betta and add ½ teaspoon of Epsom salt into ½ gallon water. Place the betta in the tank and let
him enjoy the water for about 10 minutes. Meanwhile, do at least a 20% water change in your betta’s original tank so your pampered betta goes back to cleaner water.

Yet as pointed was out in the post entitled  "Curing Betta Fish Constipation How to Give a Betta Fish Exlax",  if you didn't feed your betta too much too often you may not need to be all that concerned about your fish's digestive tract.  Yet now at least, should you unintentionally overfeed,  you have a routine that can help your fish get regular again.

CONCLUSION: Curing betta fish should be easy once you know what remedies are available. Again, your friend shouldn’t be dealing with this problem anymore now that you know what keeps his bowel healthy.

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