Betta Food

[Turquoise]

My male betta refuses frozen shrimp preferring pellet food that floats. However, he does like frozen blood worms, but I rarely provide him such for fear of bloating. Pellet food (Aqueon) unless soaked seems to make him constipated. Is this what other Betta owners do when feeding pellets? Also, what pellet food on the American market is recommended. Thanks.

 

[Boundava]

Bug bites, frozen bloodworms, live blackworms, Northfin betta bits are foods that I fed my Splendens. Had over 50 bettas over the past 18-ish years, many were in community tanks with tetras and gouramis and would eat what they ate. No one ever starved.

 

[Sgooosh]

mine is happy with Hikari Micro Pellet and Hikari Fancy Guppy, they can be soaked

 

[NannaLou]

Mine won’t eat anything frozen, but eats pellets, and live brine shrimp and daphnia (?)

 

[Turquoise]

Bug bites, frozen bloodworms, live blackworms, Northfin betta bits are foods that I fed my Splendens. Had over 50 bettas over the past 18-ish years, many were in community tanks with tetras and gouramis and would eat what they ate. No one ever starved.

Thanks for your help. Do you soak the Northfin bits so they will no swell within the betta's GI Tract?

 

[Turquoise]

Mine won’t eat anything frozen, but eats pellets, and live brine shrimp and daphnia (?)

Thanks for your help. Do you soak the pellets so they will no swell within the betta's GI Tract?

 

[NannaLou]

I use NTLabs, Nano Tropical pellets they are 0.8mm and I’ve never soaked them, but I do have to be careful with how many he has.