hikari pellets... how many?

[purple_drazi]

Spike can wolf down an unseemly amount of bloodworms but understanding that a straight diet of bloodworms isn't the best for him I've now got him on hikari betta bio-gold pellets as well. the pkg says 1-3 pellets 2-3 times daily.
well. that's anywhere from 2 to 9 pellets a day which is a pretty wide spread.
I've been giving him 3 twice a day but I'm concerned if it's enough or not.

Seeing that he'll wolf down pretty much anything that looks like food until it's all gone....how much is enough?

 

[MAM]

general rule is how much they can eat in a couple of minutes. from the sounds of it though, you have a betta who thinks hes a labrador retreiver (leave food out all day, they'll eat 'til its all gone.... ). i use these pellets, and i usually feed about 3-6 a day, depending on the betta sometime a few more (i have some smaller guys who often will only eat 1 or 2, and i have others that would eat 10 in one sitting if i let them). you'll have to experiment, see what he eats

 

[~FairyAngelFish~]

Well, my betta that died a some what tragic and peaceful death, lived for like... three years until my cat knocked over the bowl. I gave my betta two pellets in the morning and two at night. No bloodworms lol I never saw one of those in my life.