Swim bladder disease. Help please?

[Crabby]

Hey folks. I just noticed while feeding that my HMPK betta has developed swim bladder. He’s up at the top, can’t get down to the bottom even if he tries. He’s in a 5 gallon with 4 adult guppies and ~15 juvies. I feed pretty heavily on this tank to ensure everyone gets some food, so I presume that’s the main factor in this. Everyone else is healthy, tank is looking great. 
 

What do I do to treat this? Give me the full run down on how to best handle swim bladder disease.
I really love this fella so I want to get him back on his fins as soon as possible.

Thanks in advance.

[Keeg]

if you think its because of feeding too much, I would fast the tank for a day or two. After that I would give a small amount (size of his eye) of unshelled, cooked pea. That should get things moving for bowels. Continuing forward, try to feed less or even every other day, betta fish stomachs are only the size of their eye ball. If it doesnt get better within a few days, I would make a new post with pictures. 

Best of luck for the little guy 🙂

[Colu]

Most case of swim bladder are caused by the fish over eating and the stomach putting pressure on the swim bladder or constipation best treatment for swims bladder is to fast your Betta for a couple of days and do  Epsom salt baths 1 table spoon for 2 gallons for no more than 15 minutes 2-3 times a day for a couple of  days as Epsom salt acts as a muscle relaxants to relieve pressure on the swim bladder 

[Crabby]

On 5/21/2022 at 7:40 PM, Keeg said:

if you think its because of feeding too much, I would fast the tank for a day or two. After that I would give a small amount (size of his eye) of unshelled, cooked pea. That should get things moving for bowels. Continuing forward, try to feed less or even every other day, betta fish stomachs are only the size of their eye ball. If it doesnt get better within a few days, I would make a new post with pictures. 

Best of luck for the little guy 🙂

Any ideas on how to make the pea accessible? Seeing as peas sink, and the betta floats at the moment. I can probably get creative with it but if you have an idea it might save me some time.

[Keeg]

On 5/21/2022 at 2:58 AM, Crabby said:

Any ideas on how to make the pea accessible? Seeing as peas sink, and the betta floats at the moment. I can probably get creative with it but if you have an idea it might save me some time.

So sorry for the late response, I have been in the mountains with no reception. I usually just poke it with a blunted toothpick and hold it. Blunt it on the table or surface

[Crabby]

Well I managed to catch covid, and I was in bed for a couple days barely able to do anything, let alone go downstairs to do specialised feeding or salt baths for my fish. Conveniently, though, that meant that the fish weren’t fed during that time, and I intentionally didn’t feed for the day or two prior to that.

After checking this morning, I’m very happy to say that Bear is back on his fins and swimming as he pleases. Thanks for the assistance @Keeg and @Colu, I’m sure that if the fasting hadn’t been enough your tips would have ensured his good health. The advice was very much appreciated.