Playing with betta fish.

 

Anyone can easily play with koi betta fish. Bettas are one of the most beautiful and popular pet fish in the world. Many owners feel the same about their betta for their cats, parakeets, dogs, or hamsters.

Bettas fishes, on the other hand, are brilliant. They can easily sense the danger around them and hide in the best possible place. Some thought these creatures were closely related to the cichlids, the evolutionary tree, a unique and intelligent fish breed.

Just like humans, bettas are also well aware of their surroundings. They calmly explore the environment, personal spaces, or areas and often produce the most amusing sound of their personality and quirks. They are analyzing everything for the first couple of days. When their place of stay changes, they quickly adjust to it.

Teaching them tricks

When fish are not active or have nothing to play with, they get bored and inactive. They do not swim around freely; they only swim when needed. And also, their lifespan reduces significantly. Just like humans, they need to be active most of the time.

Teaching these fish tricks is also suitable for their health, body, and mind. Also, you and your family can enjoy the view. It is relatively easy to teach them tricks, all you need is patience and a little bit of persistence.

Like following your finger through tank glass, they will follow sooner or later. Let them eat their food from your hand and swim through a hoop, a small football for them to play football.

Teach them to jump out of the water or just let their head out of the water to be petted.

How to teach them

Here are the ways that you can teach tricks to your betta:

1.        Move your finger very slowly outside of your betta tank or aquarium. And move it along with the surface. If not helping, you can drop a blood worm of food pellet with a hook and carry your finger along as you move that food with the other hand.

2.        Once your betta is better at following your finger, without any food interaction, you can use any verbal commands with your friends, just in case you are trying to impress them.

3.        From here, notice if the betta follows your commands; if not, instead of using a hook, try using tweezers for food.

4.        Your betta will splash out of the water for a treat or a bite of that food. This is when you introduce your betta to eat from your hand.

5.        Just be careful to always have a secure top or lid on the tank because betta fish for sale  are natural jumpers.

Things to consider

l   You need to have patience and teach them slowly.

l   Spend at least 5 to 15 minutes every day teaching them.

l   Always have excellent and fresh quality water. Poor quality water will affect their health. And also decreases their lifespan.

l   Watch out for any irregular behavior or change in their appearance.

l   Finally, give them their name, and talk to them by calling them. It will make a difference and helps them to respond to you more quickly.