Toys

Putting some toys in a fish tank is a good option to entertain a fish. There are certain toys you can play with betta.

You should look into providing them with decorations and toys. You can include plastic plants and leaves that stimulate curiosity and give them interesting to explore. You can add floating object which helps you to build bubble nest, and when the nest float on the surface betta follow them. Even male uses floating object to get a response from the female while courting.

Put a betta in a large tank, so there is plenty of space for swimming around the circle, zigzags. Add some multicolor stone and pebbles for extra splash of color. They increase the curiosity of the fish.

Some betta attract to moving toys, because they resemble as insect, which consider a live food for them so they try to catch them. As we know combtail betta is one of the aggressive betta in betta species if you put the mirror in front of the fish tank, it’s provoke them. In mirror they saw their own reflection mirror near tank increase the aggression of fish and they jump toward them to catch his own shadow.

Betta can also play with the ball and playing soccer you can teach them how to jump and catch the ball. Naturally betta is a good jumped, and intelligent as well. So learning this trick is not difficult. But be careful that betta cannot jump outside the tank.