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they bite pieces of colorfull fins off. in the process of growing before showing the color, the fins come out clea until they grow some then they begin showing the color again.

My fish is adult as well and thank to people who answer it

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At a guess what you are observing is the fish ageing. Just as many animals loose the colour of their hair and become grey, a similar thing is sometimes observed in Bettas, and the fins start to loose colour as the fish ages past its middle age (for Bettas this is at around 20 months).

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