Trouble With My First Betta..with Pics

i got my betta for a few months now...but i noticed that recently, as in 2 months ago i realised that my betta is swollen/bloated...not the whole body but jus the underneth of the stomach. i do not know if my betta has the pinecone look .but is eating, flaring well....and has even blowned bubble nests...well, that was for a few days ago...now my betta is just lazing at the side of the tank not moving around much unlike before...and is always at the bottom of the tank...pls help


ammonia:0
nitrite:0
nitrate:8ppm

u can see that just behind and underneth the mouth, it is a little bloated...i do not think it is constipation as my betta''s poo is normal

2 more pics..

im putting him in a small tank when taking the pics as the main tank has plants and caves that makes it hard for me to take a pic

Ok if his poo is normal I would add a bacterial med to his tank.
Don't feed him for a few days.
What do you normally feed the betta?

Wilder said:

Ok if his poo is normal I would add a bacterial med to his tank.
Don't feed him for a few days.
What do you normally feed the betta?

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i feed him a variety of food...like bloodworms, hiraki pellets, betta flakes and some colour enhancing pellets...i feed him all these on alt days..once a day..

i think he is contapated
feed him sheld pea for a few days and see how it goes.

Bad diet of to many dried foods and bloodworms.
Frozen daphnia good as it digest the fish food, brimestrimp.
Also veg in there diet like peas it a laxative to fish.