Betta Diet

[Alm0stAwesome]

My betta has decided that he loves TetraWafer Mix which is what I feed my corys. This isn't a problem but I just want to make sure that it contains the nutrition he needs. They also get frozen daphinia and bloodworm once a week.

He also pinches the occasional flake off of the rasboras.

I am mostly annoyed because I have now bought two kinds of pellets for him which he does like but once he finishes them he just goes to the bottom to eat the wafer and ends up the size of a house so the pellets had to go!

EDIT:
Crude protein: 45 %
Crude fat: 6 %
Crude fibre: 2 %
Crude ash: 11 %
Water: 9 %[font="Verdana]
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[font="Verdana]Tetra Wafer Mix is the ideal substantial food mix for carnivorous and herbivorous ground fish and crayfish. The green wafers with valuable spirulina algae are particularly suitable for herbivora, while the brown wafers are the ideal food for carnivora.[/font]

 

[lilfishie]

mine LOVE catfish pellets more so than there own Betta pellets never done mine any harm they get a mix

 

[Cazgar]

Try breaking up the wafers for your corys so your Betta can't be in every place they are.
My females are devils for taking the wafers & swimming round thebtank with them, unless I put their pellets in first

 

[Alm0stAwesome]

Yeah to be honest since the corys (3 of them) are still small one wafer is enough for everyone including Mr FattyPants so after soaking the wafer I break it into about 3 pieces and that helps

 

[OldMan47]

A betta splendens is a typical tropical fish and will thrive using nothing more than typical tropical fish flakes. All of the specialty foods made for bettas are a scam in my opinion. Betta splendens in my tanks regularly live 5 to 6 years when fed with nothing but the food I am feeding the rest of my fish. I am well aware that there are many people willing to buy specialty foods for their bettas, but I simply consider them less than well informed on the nutritional needs of their fish.