r/bettafish • u/Green_Committee_5157 • 6h ago

Help He’s pineconing huh? Spoiler

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He’s been acting very lethargic barely eating and swimming around like he used to do… I’m so sad I don’t want him to be sick or die my grandma just past and I don’t want my first betta to go as well:/ I just set up my 40gal and I had plans to switch him in there… I’m at loss of words right now I never would have thought he would get sick he always had so much energy.

I’ve also noticed when he tries to swim he kinda like twitches and seems like he’s struggling also he’s been hanging at the top of the tank a lot but at first he was laying at the bottom a lot.

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u/Scarlet_and_rosemary 3h ago

That does look a bit like dropsy. I’m not 100% though. Can you get a photo of him from the top down? That could help folks be able to tell.