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How to Maintain Fighter Fish Tank Healthy!

It is quite simple and doubtful for people to be an Betta Splendens or Fighter Fish enthusiast. But i found keeping an betta is simply joyous thing! Obviously its because of its beauty at the first hand, but talking more i can say a Fighter Fish is quite interesting and talkative fish. So being an Betta Keeper or as an Pet Lover, you'll be so happy to see your fish happy! P.S : The Siamese Fighting Fish will show their happiness by making bubble nest! Also when they're ready for breeding :) To keep you fish happy, you must keep the tank healthy, and the obiviously healthy tank should have the following things: 1. Good Water Quality 2. Proper Housing, i.e appropriate tank I must say the first reason will only come by the second reason, so first of you need to have an best size tank, usually 3-5 gallon is prefferable. Once you have got it then, you should improve its water quality, eventually water quality can be easily maintained by a stable nitrogen cycle. Th...

Common Betta Diseases and Its Cures

The most common disease found for betta's or the Siamese fighter fish is due to toxic ammonia, thus it is mostly considered as the Classic Case. Usually the Fish waste and decaying food are the primary sources for toxic ammonia. Understanding the reason The Fighter fishes kept in a small bowl are more vulnerable to this kind of diseases, since the ammonia can build to toxic levels in a very short amount of time. With in the span of few days the condition may worsen if there is an extra decaying food pellets or is you mis a water change. Symptoms of betta diseases The betta diseases are usually much easily understood, just by seeing its appearance. If you find swollen gills or gasping for oxygen intake or any other misleading actions they could be taken as the typical symptoms of ammonia burns.  The ammonia burn or the intoxication is usually slow to heal and often never fully return to normal function. So if you see your fighter struggling to get oxygen, you co...