I need help conditioning

[wwestar2000]

Well i am planing on breeding two of my bettas and am having truble finding good things to feed them for conditioning. I currently feed them TetreMin Tropical granulets. and some flakes. They look really healthy butn people keep saying bloodworms. I went to 3 petstores and they only had frozen i was looking for live. what can i give them that would be healthy for them and not so hard to find? Or should i buy frozen bloodworms? im Confused )

 

[Kiarra]

Frozen bloodworms are better than live for two simple reasons:

1) They don't turn into anything else, like mosquitos.
2) Hikari brand adds extra nutrients to their bloodworms.

Go with the frozen bloodworms.

 

[yeeviabetta]

You can get live bloodworm? Wou!! Interesting. Fozen bloodworm are fine.

 

[splashluff]

Get frozen bloodworms and frozen brine shrimp, Bettas love them and its found at any Petco or Petsmart.. flakes and freeze-dried is definitely not enough for conditioning. Live worms can carry parasites, and cause dropsy, so be verrry careful with that

I also agree that you should switch them to a high quality pellet food specialized for Bettas, such as Hikari Betta Bio-Gold.

I'm wondering,if you can't even find live foods for your breeders, where are you going to get the microworm,vinegar eel, and daphnia cultures for your babies? And BBS?

 

[wwestar2000]

Oh no need to be harsh. I have a provider of that stuff atmy lfs i used to work at i ordered some microworms. I am going to release the pair this week and they were very well conditioned. I finally got blood worms yestuday morning and didnt get much intrest in them except for attention from my guppies in my other tank. The pellets i feed them are actually one of the best betta pellets. I know what im doing.

 

[riogal_11]

My bettas won't even touch tropical granules or flakes. picky little boogers. As a matter of fact my tropical fishies won't touch flakes either. I must have a bunch of brats. Goodluck with your pair.

 

[wwestar2000]

lol tnks

 

[catyrpelius]

If you want to try a live food, why not black worms, my betta loves them, here is a link for sustaing you own culture.

Keeping a Blackworm Culture

All of my fish love them, and if you keep your own sustaining culture it is a pretty cheap food