Training my betta to jump for food.

I don't know if fish are normally this social, but he really enjoys watching the world outside his bowl. He also has a good knack for catching food from my fingers and even the occasional hapless fly.

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• betta
• training
• jump
• fish
• food
• pet
• tricks

[TWhite2345]

Mine just flares at me when I try to do it and it's the same color!! Do u have a little red on yours

[bikingforbrie]

@TWhite2345 If he flares at you, take it slow... just means he's still not comfortable with your finger being there... at least that's my interpretation. Keep dropping the food pellets nearby while leaving your finger nearby (few inches away at first, then closer with each feeding). He'll eventually love it when he sees the shadow overhead.

[TWhite2345]

Ok thanks

[Akeffala]

training my betta Theo currently to do that :)

[wowdirtsA]

Oooh I trained my fish to do this the exact same way about 2 months ago! He is very good at it and luckily never tries to jump out of his huge tank. My betta loooves biting my finger.

[bikingforbrie]

@allapologizes121 I had the same problem at first. He is frightened your finger is a predator. The trick I used was to first simply put the pellet of food into the water and let him eat it alone. Over a few weeks, whenever I dropped in the pellet I would make my hand a little closer each time. Eventually, my finger never left the water but he was comfortable enough to approach anyway. I also gave him "finger waves" from the side of his bowl so he would associate finger = food. Good luck!

[stripesmommy]

doesn't it feel weird on your finger

[georgepetlover]

how do we do that

[pokemonTCGopener]

fed it live blood worms then after a couple of days it should start eating its normal food also what kina tank?

good luck

[nicoleluvswebkinz]

i made a vid responce!