Predators And Prey

Combtail betta are carnivores and consume daphnia, brine shrimp, zooplankton, and other small insects such as mosquitoes, cetaceans, bloodworms, etc. Like other creatures, there are two biggest there of bettas pollution and habitat destruction.

The predators of the combtail bettas are fish, cats, salamanders, birds, and newts. The human also reduce their population by capturing them in aquariums and houses for fun. They also fight and gamble with other bettas, they injure the betta and may end up killing. Even during fertilization, male eats their eggs.

Much of their natural habitat is destroyed by human activity the rise of industrial areas, and chemical factory plantations. The chemical fluid in water becomes a water-quality bed. And bed and polluted water harm the health of the betta. Which reduces the life of the betta. A healthy betta lives in fresh water.

The big fish also threaten the betta because they eat the small betta. They are their predictors because after the spawning males may kill female betta, and during fertilization they eat their eggs.

Many of the species have also developed armor, spines, and toxins to deal with threats from predators. Larger reef fish like snapper, grouper, and moray eels commonly consume combtail betta threatened, they generally try to hide or swim away.