My Beta is EATING his tail...
Ok, l just moved back home from my dorm two days ago when l noticed this
behavior.His tail has always been kind of short compared to the rest of
his fins.l thought maybe it was a part of his breeding.It kind of looked
like a female crowntail is tail, only a bit longer, whereas the rest of
him all looked like the crowntail male he is.However...Yesterday l was
playing with him using the little glass tank mate l got him (glass
figurine of a fish - Edwardo is is a dolphin - attached to a hollowed out and filled with air piece of glass which keps the fish down in the water without sinking, l 'Play' with my fish using it by taking hold of the bulb and moving the fish in the water.He will chase it, sometimes I will make it bump into his body to get him rilled up) and then when he got bored l stopped and let him do his own thing.At first, it looked like he was chasing his tail like a dog.His fins were all flared and his gills were too, so l thought he was chasing his tail b/c he thought it was another beta.However, he then took a bite out of his tail, followed what fell off to the bottom and ate it.l winced and thought, ok, he knows that is gunna hurt now, so he wo not do it again...He then does it again. gravel.Right now he is got a glas vase (no sharp edges), some plastic greenery (replacing as soon as l can find some fabric), and the glass tank mate.I've arranged the greenery so that he wo not be pulled in by the current of it and get his tail shredded like my last beta. l would not be too worried, except it is gotten worse.He is got a huge chunk of his tail missing now.Is there any way l can discourage this behavior?I've taken to thumping his tank when l notice him doing it, just to stop that indecent, but it is not something that will work long term.Also is there anything l can do to help regrow his tail, at least back to what it was?
Melafix is a brilliant medicine which helps get the fins back
to normal and repair them, ask your local fish shop for it.
he is either one of two things
he is very hungry, feed him three times a day with as much as he will eat
in 2-4 minutes
he is stressed from the move
to help grow back his tail, see if you can find some bio-elite heal all medication it will help grow back his fins quite quickly (it worked for me)
if he hasn't done this before, i would think stress. maybe the
move? i hae had 3 beta is before, and they never did that. so i couldn't
really say :S
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