It is still possible that Minno died of natural causes. Since you didn't purchase her from a breeder, the age is unknown, and color can be affected by different factors (food, water chemistry, age, etc.).

You can feed her some pea every day (it adds fiber to her diet and works the same as it does in humans). The same amount you feed her should do the trick. You can feed her pea every other day if you'd like. She may also be holding eggs, but I can't remember at this moment how long you said she's been big. Do you have a male around her? There's a picture of a female betta that's holding eggs in the link below. You may or may not be able to see vertical lines on her body.

Feeding Great White Shark peas won't cause her any harm as long as you're not feeding her only peas for 6 months (or a very long period of time). When my female was still alive, she did have a pretty big belly, but that was her normal size. Has Greate White Shark always had a bigger stomach? and it's getting bigger now? Or has she been normally sized (compare to Minno)?

It doesn't sound like she should be constipated because you didn't feed her a lot of food before this happened. There may be another reason, and without seeing her and knowing her as my own fish it's a little difficult to say specifically. Not to mention pin pointing a problem like this is difficult to begin with. I'm trying to give you all the possiblities I can think of. Hopefully we can figure this out quickly. Do you have water parameters (ammonia, nitrate, nitrite, pH, temperature, when's the last time you did a water change, how much water do you change, how big is the tank)? Are there other odd behaviors or abnormalities in her personality? Does she still seem hungry and is she eating?

Unfortunately there's not a whole lot you can do for her, but wait for things to work out. Try to lessen her stress by keeping the water clean, and perhaps add an air stone.
Pregnant betta


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