Unique Betta Fish

Types of betta fish, characteristics of betta fish, cultivation and treatment

Betta fish type based on the shape:

1. Halfmoon

Halfmoon or moon piece, as the name suggests, species of watermelon betta fish have fins and a tail that fuse looks fuses. More like a halfmoon betta fish When viewed from the side, the half-moon fish is shaped like a moon, usually a tail with a fused fins showing more value.

2. Serit (crown of the tail)

serit is one of the breeders of Indonesian breeders in Slipi, Jakarta Crown Tail or crown tail, so called because the tail is turned on and so on This serit fish can be around the world because of the beauty of its unique and distinctive tail.

3. Game (plaque)

Beta is small and tends to look buntek or short. Beta Plaque is too beloved In addition to being used as an ornamental fish, fish are usually used for fighting or fighting.

4. Cagak (double tail)

Betta Fish writes a half-moon bucket, the tail is half-circle and fused with the fins, But the hook-boned and double-tailed fish is split into two and Rags.

5 Giant (raksaksa)

The uniqueness of the giant is the size of the body. Body size can be 3 times the size of normal hickey fish. This fish is developed by breeders from Thailand.

6. Wild Betta

Wild betta is a kind of native betta fish that exist in nature and has not done crossing and genetic engineering. Usually found in swamps, gullies and rice fields

How to distinguish between male and female betta fish

Men: swim fast, have wide fins and widened tails, bright colors are lit, the body is smaller

Females: slow motion, shorter fin and tail, duller, larger body.

There are many characteristics of potential breeders who are willing to marry.

Prospective male breeder:

- Age minimum 4-8 months

- Long body shape

- The fins are long and have bright and attractive colors.

- The movement is aggressive and agile

Candidates for hickey women:

- About 3-4 months

- Rounded body shape, especially on the slightly prominent abdomen that indicates being fertilized.

- The fins are small and attractive

- Slow motion

This is the spawning step for betta fish:

Fill the spawning areas with clean water as high as 10-15 cm For the record, the water in the water is clean and clean. Endap water first

Do not forget to install aquatic plants, as a means of digging buried. But do not plant too many water plants because the water plants absorb the water-soluble oxygen content.

Then let the fish be fertilized by the bubbles released by the men. While female breeders directly transferred to other places

Male breeder care Conception is usually done at 7-10 am or 4-6 pm. Eggs will hatch after 24 hours.

After 3 days get the feed in the form of water fleas (moina or daphnia).

2 weeks later, dianagkat and moved to another place. The sieves can be placed in large areas and fed with a slightly larger feed size according to the fish's mouth.

1.5 months later fish are separated by sex and ready to be moved to aquarium enlargement.

Favorite foods are water fleas, silk worms and mosquito larvae. Feeding should be given 3-4 times a day.