Betta fish are curious creatures who love to play and explore their environment. Why not enrich your betta’s tank with some toys? Making a betta fish toy can be as simple as adding something they can play with to their tank. You can also repurpose many household objects as betta fish toys. What Can I […]
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Doug Sweet Instructions for maintaining daphnia cultures: Daphnia are one of the finest and most universally accepted live foods for most fish. Many fish species can be kept in excellent physical condition by feeding live daphnia to them several times per week. Daphnia are extremely effective at bringing many fish into spawning condition. This is
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Just like humans, betta fish can have seizures. Unfortunately, even a healthy betta fish is very unlikely to survive after experiencing one, but there are multiple ways to prevent seizures from happening in the first place and a few remedies that might help your fish on its road to recovery. It should be noted that
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Betta fish are well-known for their remarkable adaptation to breathe oxygen from the air as well as water. But how long could a betta fish live out of water altogether? There have been no scientific experiments to determine how long a betta fish could survive out of water, but the estimated answer is between 30
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Just like humans, our pets also have to eat, and whether we feed our fish live, frozen, pellets, or flakes, we need to ensure that the food they’re eating is in good condition and won’t bring them any harm. I’m sure you wouldn’t want to eat something that’s out of date, for fear that it
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Betta fish can experience a variety of uncomfortable and detrimental diseases, illnesses, and conditions throughout their lifetime. One of these is a parasitic infection known as ‘ich,’ which we will be discussing in this article. Also known as White Spot Disease, Ichthyophthirius multifilis (Ich) in betta fish is actually quite common, easy to identify, and
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Crowntail bettas are known for their spiky tails, which mimic the points of a king or queen’s crown. Along with Veiltail bettas, Crowntail bettas are some of the most popular fish to keep among betta enthusiasts. Crowntail bettas are easy to find at local pet stores and online — and easy enough to care for.
When you notice something like a long string of poo hanging below your betta’s body, it can raise a lot of questions. Is this normal? Why is this happening? What is normal in terms of betta bowels, anyway? Here is the low-down on all your betta fish feces questions: what is typical, when to worry,
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Betta fish can sometimes be very strange fish! You might see them laying on the bottom of your tank or sticking towards the surface of the water. You might even see them burrowing themselves in the rocks! If you see this, you have all the right to be concerned: is this normal behavior? is your
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Bettas are cute fish. So cute you may be tempted to reach in the water to give your favorite pet a pat on the head, or stroke his lovely fins. Not so fast! Bettas are also called Siamese fighting fish for a reason! Your betta could easily bite you if you try to pet him,
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