{"id":151,"date":"2018-07-29T05:55:25","date_gmt":"2018-07-29T05:53:25","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2022-09-11T06:36:07","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T06:36:07","slug":"betta-fish-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bettafishworld.com\/betta-fish-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Betta Fish Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Betta Fish or known as the Siamese fighting fish<\/a> is very elegant and sought after fish as a starter.<\/p>\n It is very colorful and they have different variations which are sold in your local aquarium stores.<\/p>\n \r\n\r\n<\/p>\n The Betta Fish are abundant and commonly found in Cambodia<\/a> and Thailand<\/a>.<\/p>\n The natural habitat is in rice paddies<\/a> and still watered canals.<\/p>\n It would be very good to be considered as a first pet for children so that they can be taught to be responsible for caring<\/a> for something.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Betta Fish are inexpensive and easily obtainable in local aquarium stores.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n All the Betta species are small fishes and their sizes range from 2.5 cm ( 1 inch ) to 12.5 cm ( 5 inches ).<\/p>\n The Bettas can breathe atmospheric air with a unique organ called labyrinth<\/a>.<\/p>\n This special organ allows them to breathe in extremely low oxygen water conditions that would otherwise be detrimental to other kinds of small fishes. <\/p>\n During the mid to late 1800s, the king of Thailand<\/a> took interest in betta fish because they are born to fight and very territorial.<\/a><\/p>\n The locals during that time would be selectively breeding them specifically to fight.<\/p>\n Naturally, the King, of course, would keep his best fighters and great care would have been undertaken.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n One would think that the Betta Fish would fight to the death<\/a> which is not the case.<\/p>\n When the bettas are brought into the arena and fight, there is one that will be always be retreating.<\/p>\n The one that retreats would be separated from the tank and would be a match that is lost.<\/p>\n Most of the fishes that we currently know are that they are kept in groups or schools.<\/p>\n This is not the case for the Betta Fish<\/a>. They are highly territorial and likes to be independent which is evident in the wild.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n If there are 2 males bettas in a tank they will have the tendency to fight each other so it wise to separate them.<\/p>\n But there are rare occasions that they can be kept together normally if it is a bigger tank and a lot of hiding places.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The female bettas<\/a> can be held in groups but the tank should be at least 10 gallons.<\/p>\n But of course, sometimes there will always be one female betta<\/a> that will be the aggressor and should be separated immediately.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 10 gallons tank<\/a> is advisable and you will be needing a lot of plants and hiding places since by nature they are territorial.<\/p>\n You would also notice that some aquarium have a transparent divider and on each side is a male and a female.<\/p>\n Both of them like to put up a show on intimidation and have their gills flare out on each other.<\/p>\n However, when a female betta fish is fertile and ready to mate<\/a> the appearance of horizontal lines on the bettas sides is prominent.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Betta fish normal habitat temperature is around 79 degrees, a small heater is required and relatively cheap<\/p>\n The fish is a meat eater, so it advised to feed them a variety of shrimp and fish pellets or flakes<\/a><\/p>\n The Breeders have bred them to various fins and shapes to the discerning customer<\/p>\n Bettas sometimes jump, so you have to make sure that there is enough clearance for them to be kept at bay<\/p>\n Do not overfeed bettas or else they will get sick and you will have to maintain the tank too often if the water gets too much-spoiled food<\/p>\n Sometimes you noticed why there are bubbles on the surface of the water.<\/p>\n This is a way in attracting female betta even there is none around it.<\/p>\n You can always buy an aquarium with a transparent divider so that you can place both male and female and observe the readiness in mating them<\/p>\n It is so unusual that after mating the male betta fish will chase away the female. The female would eat the eggs if she remains. This is so unusual for males to protect the eggs and the young.<\/p>\nAre Betta Fish expensive?<\/h3>\n
\nTheir natural habitat is mostly in rice paddies<\/a>, slow-moving bodies of water, drainage ditches in rice paddies and big puddles.<\/p>\nHistory<\/h2>\n
Behavior Characteristics<\/h2>\n
Do betta fish fight?<\/h3>\n
Facts<\/h1>\n
They have a special organ called the labyrinth which enables them to breathe the air outside water, did you notice that they go get some gulps of air on the surface occasionally?<\/h3>\n
Anatomy<\/a><\/h2>\n