Fasting your betta

[BirdofPray]

I've seen that many people fast their betta to help with digestion among other things. I believe the people just did not feed their fish for one day. I would like to know how many of you fast your bettas and the duration of the fast because I believe I should do the same for mine, I just want to be certain about how to do it before I do.

 

[pandora's lily]

i've had my betta for four months now and i fast him, he gets fed every day of the week except for sunday and he's been doing fine. no problems and he's healthy...

 

[shrks1fan]

If I fast them, it's for 1 day...but I'm a sucker for those sad faces looking back at me, so it doesn't happen very often, Lol. But if I'm strong I would do it once a week for 1 day (just skip a days feeding).

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[White Whale]

I feed mine every other day. They are very alert and trim.

 

[BirdofPray]

Thank you very much for all your answers.

 

[treefrog]

I fast mine 1 day a week as well.

 

[Teelie]

I usually don't feed them on Sundays. As of this week, I'm putting my females on a 3-5 day fast so they can clean their systems out and lose some fat.

 

[cutechic]

I feed them twice a day, every day except Saturday. On Fridays I feed them freeze dried bloodworms so that they have a whole day to digest them.

 

[cometcattle]

I actually fast all my tanks one night a week.

Except my fry.

 

[annieka]

I don't feed my betta's and other fish one day a week and they are also fed one day a week with only cyclops. The cyclops contains a lot of non digestiable matter that stimulates the disgestive tract.

 

[Guppy Mama]

I had read about this a long time ago, and can't recall what the benefts of fasting your fish are. Can you let me know...I have a betta who eats every day!

 

[Teelie]

The main one is it clears out their gut so they don't have rotting food in there.

 

[freshmike]

Never.

 

[EX-AmP]

I actually fast all my tanks one night a week.

Except my fry.

ditto

 

[Guppy Mama]

What about 2 days a week...hitting a danger zone? My lfs said to feed my betta 2-3 times a week. I don't...I feed every day, but I was wondering. Is 2 days too much?