Betta and his tail??

Question

my betta does not have fin rot (i made sure of this) but he had been eating his tail!! i heard this is caused by boredom, but he has plenty of live plants, and a dwarf frog frog ( i made sure is was not clawed...) for company. i do weekly water changes of 25%. i treated for tail rot incase i just couldn't see the tail-rot and incase this was what was bothering him, but its not. he loves to chomp on his tail, blow a couple bubblies for his small bubble nest, swim alittle, them eat his tail again. i feed him freeze dried blood worms and freeze dried brine shrimp, and the occasional pea. what should i do? his beautiful orange tail that was once soo long is only about half an inch long :(

Answer 1

tail biting is an odd phenomenon in bettas, i've had a few of the neurotic little beggers! unfortunately once they start doing it it's very difficult to turn them off it, i think it becomes a little like nail biting in humans! the big-finned bettas like half moons and veil tails are more prone to this than the others, those long-tails are very unnatural and hamper their swimming, it's said that they may start biting to lessen the load!

your best bet is to just make sure his water remains in immaculate condition and his bitten parts remain free from infection. keep an eye on the frog, they occasionally mistake long betta fins as food.

as for the colouration it sounds like he could be a chocolate or "mustard gas" colour.

http://www.theaquariumwiki.com/Image:Cho...

http://www.petfish.net/pix/arts7/Mustard...

Answer 2

you might not be feedong it much or the right amount and he got hungry and ate his tail

Answer 3

male betta fish  tend to be territorial and will fight when with other fish but many people say they put a bala shark in with their betta fish and get along fine but your right he is bored and needs a friend in with him good luck on your choice