Training A Betta?

[razer121]

hey guys i have a question, i was just on you tube watching some bettas jumping out of the water for food and such, but erm how the hell do you a train a betta?

 

[betta fish]

hey guys i have a question, i was just on you tube watching some bettas jumping out of the water for food and such, but erm how the hell do you a train a betta?

Mine do that all the time and I have never trained them, it's instinct for them to jump if they see food out of reach, alot of fish will do this

 

[lilacamy931]

Is it alright for them to do so? I only ask this as dwarf puffers and other puffs could gulp air down that they might not be able to release. Sure different from species to species.

 

[chuddy]

bettas can breathe from the surface anyway, shouldn't be a problem

 

[lilacamy931]

found this link through a thread, any good?

http/www.waynesthisandthat.com/trick.htm

 

[razer121]

thanks im trying to train my betta to "jump" out of the water when i tap the tank 3 times, so far im treating him with dried blood worms...unsure how long i will do it for maybe a few weeks and see if he jumps when i just tap then....who knows

 

[jasminekiddell]

ive been trying that^, not been succeful he just wont jump! lol

 

[razer121]

well on my first attempt he just sort of swam under the blood worm, so i ended up "starving" him for abit ok so like 24 hours not even that, say from when i first posted this thread? but anyway yea so he seems to react more to it when hes starved, maybe you should try?

 

[jasminekiddell]

I got shimmer to jump out of the water for food!
i dangeled it near the surface and he just kept diving for it lol =]!