Training

As an aquarium fish, you can teach him various tricks to entertain. For teaching a betta you need a little patience and persistence. In wild species, the betta is a highly intelligent fish, so you can teach them easily with proper training.

You can teach them various techniques; start with follow the finger, move the following direction, eat from your hand, swim through hoop, jump out of the water, play with a ball, even the betta recognize their owner and get excited to see them. If they like you when they saw you in front of the tank they dance around the water in your presence.

Hygiene is essential thing when you rain your betta. Before you start training wash your hands with hot water. Don’t use soap or any chemical-based product because these are toxins for fish. When you complete the session wash your hand with soap.

Get your betta attention by tapping the glass flashing the light or clapping. Once the betta reacts to light sound you can catch their attention and start to teach them various things.

Signal to incorporate: Fish’s best response training when they hear a clear signal. They help know when it’s time to look for a target.

Sound and vibration: fish have lateral line organs, they react when sound and vibration. At a major aqua, fish hear their trainer walking out on catwalks and platforms indicating that food is on the way. You can do this using a bell, call, clap, or footstep. The biggest components of training are patience and consistency. Use the same signal every time.

Light/shapes: switching light is the most common signal for indoor tanks. Fish can see color, but shapes and different colors will be easy to recognize.

Before teaching any technique to your betta, train your betta to follow your finger. First catch the betta's attention, by dragging your finger across the fish tank, if they notice your finger they swim toward them, elsewhere simply ignore them. Flashing the light or clapping to drag the attention of your betta in the direction of your finger. Once the betta notices the finger and swims toward the finger. Move a finger up and down or right and left. Teach other things once they follow your finger consistently.

Betta is a natural jumper. To train your betta for jumping. Take one stick and any dried frozen food. Hook the food in the stick. Place the stick above the fish tank. Now try to catch the attention of the betta. If the betta notices the stick move the stick up, for food betta jumps into water. If they successfully jump reward them with food. This trick performs when you need a lid if they jump.

For this choose a hoop or bangles. Place it on the side. Move your finger where the hoop is placed. Every successful attempt gives them rewards. Repeat the process until they naturally swim through the hoop. In a starting phase take a big size of the hoop, when betta learns to swim through the hoop, gradually decrease the size of the hoop until it’s slightly larger than one inch in diameter. This is a difficult task so it’s taking time to teach. Encourage them. You can use pipe cleaner as a hoop; band a pipe cleaner in a round shape.

You can use food as encouragement. With practice, your fish learn to follow the finger. Pellets work like chips for the betta, use pellets instead of regular food, a betta will attract and come toward you.

If your betta does not learn, be a little persistent. Don’t give them stress. Give a proper time to rest for them. When you start a training conduct a 5 -10 minute session. You can teach twice a day.