How much do you feed a Jumbo Plakat?

[ral]

My new boys arrived today. A pair of Jumbo Plakats.

They are 2.5-3x the size of my other Betta's.

Do I feed them 2x as much?

 

[Opcn]

Feed em as much as they eat in 5 mins

 

[Bettaman]

There stomach is as big as there eye so how much would that take to fill..bettas will eat till the cows come home so don't just feed because you think you need to once a day is enough even miss a day now and again and they will hunt for food which is there natural habit.......

 

[ral]

Thanks gents. My betta gobble down bloodworms are pellets at the rate of 5 per minute, so I can't even follow the 2-3 minute rule. I usually feed 4-5 pellets or bloodworms twice per day depending on the size of each bettas' stomach.

The new boy are massive in terms of heft (for a betta) but the eye is about the same size as my other betta's. Maybe I will just add one worm/pellet to their diet over ehat the others get?

 

[GuppyDude]

i give mine juts a pinch full, he will prolly keep eating until he explodes if i dont put a limit on his feeding

 

[Synirr]

I feed my large plakat just one or two more pellets than the others get, and that seems to suit him just fine

 

[ral]

Thanks Synirr. I think I will do just that.