Caring For Betta Fish - White Spot

White spot (also known as Ich) is one of the most common diseases that all aquarium fish are subject to including betta fish. White spot is a single-celled parasite organism, which propels itself through the water through use of cilia, or filament-like hairs until it finds a host to live on. This parasite lives under the top layer of scales and skin on your betta fish, eating skin cells, causing the white spots which are the basis for the parasite’s name. White spot is usually introduced to your tank when adding new fish or plants so be sure you only ever buy healthy fish from a reputable, clean breeder.

For a complete compendium of information on all the problems that tropical fish are subject to, take a look at This Complete Guide

Caring For Your Betta Fish - What Water To Use

What is the best water to use in your betta fish tank?

Some people refuse to believe it but the best water to use in your betta fish tank is tap water. Bottled water and distilled water has been “purified” and does not have the minerals that your Betta fish needs. If your tap water is so bad that you do not even drink it, than use spring water. Tap water or spring water, follow the directions below:

1) Find out if your local tap water is treated with chloramines and if it is you will need AmQuel from the pet store.

2) Pre treat the water with a product called “stress coat” according to the directions. (You can find “stress coat” at your local pet store too)

3) Once the water is treated according to package directions, let it sit in an open container for up to a week, which allows all of the chemicals and gasses to evaporate and for the pH in the water to normalize.

See, caring for your betta fish and its water is not hard!

Caring For Your Betta Fish Is Not Hard

I want to buy my niece a pet for her 2nd birthday and talked my brother into letting my get her a betta fish because they are pretty and easy to maintain. I checked to see what kind of betta fish tanks they had and this is the one the sales girl says she sells the most of. I had to take a picture of it with my cellphone to show you what kind of tank not to buy! I could not believe how small it was and how bright that light looks! If you care for you betta fish at all do not buy a fish tank for it this small!!

Caring For Your Betta Fish

Caring for betta fish is the only way to breed a betta this pretty!

iPond Betta Fish Tank Not For Caring Owner

This betta fish tank that doubles as a iPod speaker is called a iPond, it is so small that the betta fish does not look like he can turn around! The speaker is right below the water, the poor betta fish has to listen to your music too! This is not caring for your betta fish!

Giving betta fish Prozac?

Giving betta fish Prozac?

I was surprised to see a story about betta fish on the “Advances in Physiology Education” website. It seems male betta fish are “an attractive model for the study of aggressive behavior” and the study finds that in the male Betta splendens given Prozac, that the small dose of Prozac was “sufficient to reduce the expression of specific aggressive behaviors”. Here is the webpage----> http://advan.physiology.org/cgi/content/abstract/31/4/358

Betta Fish Picture

A picture of a beautiful betta fish

Betta Fish Care Terms

Here are some terms commonly used when talking about fish and aquariums (betta fish and other fish too!).

CRI; Color Rendering Index
A rating used for light bulbs on a scale up to 100, where 100 is equal to sunlight.

Detritus
The organic waste matter that collects on the bottom of your fish tanks.

Fry
A fully formed baby fish.

Pectoral fins
Paired fins, one on each side of the body located behind the gill covers.

Why Breed My Betta Fish?

Most people first start breeding betta fish to see the breeding process themselves and see if they can do it. There are some people who breed betta fish solely to sell them but most got addicted after successfully breed their first batch of betta fry and sell their betta fish to support their habit! You see, a bettas color depends on its parents, so it becomes very addicting trying to match a male betta and a female betta with just the right coloring to complement each other.

If you are looking for an all in one betta fish breeding and care guide that will show you how to have stunning aquariums full of Betta fish that will successful breed, check out "Taking the Mystery Out of Betta Breeding" written by Tho Le. Tho Le has been passionate about Betta fish for over 10 years and has uncovered hundreds of tips, techniques and secrets about Betta fish care and breading that no one else seems to know.

Betta Fish Diet

In the wild Betta fish subsist almost exclusively on insects and insect larvae, they even have an upturned mouth that is well suited to snatching any unsuspecting insect that might fall into the water. Internally a bettas digestive system is geared for meat, and for this reason, live foods are the ideal diet for the betta, however they will adapt to eating flake foods and frozen and freeze dried foods. Brine shrimp, Daphnia, tubifex, glassworms and plankton are all excellent options that may be found frozen or freeze dried. If flake food is fed, it should be supplemented with frozen and freeze-dried foods, and when possible live foods.