Anybody Feed Their Bettas Fly Larvae?

[PaPeRo]

My Cambodian betta stopped eating betta flakes and hikari gold so I decided to grow some fly larvae (maggots) to feed him. It turns out he LOVES them!

Anybody feed their bettas fly or mosquito larvae?

 

[zoekin8yg]

arent blood worms some sort of larvae? they eat those

 

[PaPeRo]

I honestly did not know blood worms were a larvae. I thought they were baby worms. After googling I found it is the larvae of the Midge. Never heard of that either. I guess it's similar to a Gnat which I've seen. Haha I feel very stupid now duh.

 

[zoekin8yg]

yeah I didnt know til yesterday either! so dont worry lol

 

[johnturrell]

if you dont know where the flies are from and dont know they are disease free i wouldnt feed them
john

 

[stang1]

My Bettas love mosquito larvae, in fact they'll eat just about anything!!

 

[PaPeRo]

if you dont know where the flies are from and dont know they are disease free i wouldnt feed them
john

I use small fruit flies and they come from the fruit I leave out in my house. I would never use those big flies that hang around decomposing poop.

 

[willtang3000]

I would only feed maggots once and a while such as once every 2-3weeks because they are high in fat content and dont fufill the nutrition value as bloodworms or betta pellets will do

 

[PaPeRo]

Thank you for the insight. Looks like my Betta will be getting bloodworms then.