Epsom to Treat Constipation

I've never understood how people make fish constipated.

Bettas seem to be prone to it. I've never had any fish except bettas
become consitpated. Overfeeding is probably the major cause. Most of
those pellets have only between 6% and 10% moisture and can absorb a
lot of water. The fish eats a few pellets and they swell 2x to 3x their
size. The fish appears very bloated and may not "go" for 3 or 4 days.
Once it passes the fish appears normal again.

IDzine01 wrote:
I've never understood how people make fish constipated.

Bettas seem to be prone to it. I've never had any fish except bettas
become consitpated. Overfeeding is probably the major cause. Most of
those pellets have only between 6% and 10% moisture and can absorb a
lot of water. The fish eats a few pellets and they swell 2x to 3x their
size. The fish appears very bloated and may not "go" for 3 or 4 days.
Once it passes the fish appears normal again.

That makes sense. So it's a pellet thing, like the problems fancy
goldfish have. My bettas usually get thawed frozen food or flakes.

Thinking about it, there are some pretty crummy betta foods out there
too, like Betta Bites. Anything with wheat as the first ingredient will
probably give a betta some digestive trouble. ;-)

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