Health And Wellness

Bettas are carnivores so feeding them proper diet and habits is essential for their health. For healthy betta focus on a vitamin-rich diet which includes meat, crustaceans, fish, and shrimp. You can serve them frozen food. Keep remembering to give them small pieces of food because they have small mouths. Offer them a variety of food so betta gets all the essential nutrition.

Another condition is feeding a betta. Don’t overfeed the betta, they lead to constipation. They also cause the death of the betta. Offer small chunks of food to avoid choking hazards Some signs determine that Betta is sick such as refusing to eat anything, faded color, damaged and clamped fin, inactive, lazy, and lack of aggression. By default, they are very lazy and inactive.

Some are common diseases in double tail betta:

Fatigue: it is uncommon for to betta be resting on substrate and decoration. Betta is resting completely normally, floating and almond leaf is the best place to rest. Rosetail betta have difficulty in a move, so they are more fatigued.

Fin rot: It is also known as tail rot. This is caused by bacterial infection and Synptomps is lost his delicate fin. The symptoms begin with small tears on the edges of the betta fin. The consequence is the loss of the entire fin.

Behavior

Betta is annoyed by its tail. Because of the long fin which doubles or triples their body, they are difficult to swim so they annoyed most. Sometimes betta are rip their tail. They are irritated because of The constant itching and scratches that lead to white spots all over the body. This also causes stress and, in extreme conditions death. Ich also caused by poor water quality.

Difficult in breathing

A double-tail betta keeper has special attention to the feeding of betta, they feed the food which is easy to digest, and overfeeding betta can not easily breathe. Especially rosetail betta have difficulty breathing, they have a labyrinth organ that helps them to gulp in oxygen from air.

Prevention

You can do many things to prevent betta from diseases:

When the new fish arrive, first quarantine the fish. Put them in an individual tank for fifteen days. If they have any signs of illness treat them before adding in a tank.

Water changes are important in aquariums. At least change 1/3 part of the water every week. This will help you to remove toxins or build-up waste that makes your fish sick. Even toxins kill the fish.

It is an essential requirement to regularly clean the tank. Separate non-eaten food and maintain a healthy tank. Pets like snails, shrimp, and crabs can carry disease that infects your fish. Check the pet before putting them into your tank.

Things to avoid:

When setting up a tank, there are a few mistakes you should avoid:

Do not add too many fish to the tank because they don’t like overflowing tanks. When you need other species in the tank. you have to provide enough space for Betta to hide and swim.

If you put in unhealthy fish it harms other bettas. Some fish are aggressive and even cause bettas death. Some ornaments and plants release toxins, which harm your fish or kill her. So, it is essential to prefer blunt and colorless ornaments.

Arrange tank cleaning schedule which removes toxins and impurities in the water. This can be harmful to fish. So it is essential to change the tank water every week.