does my betta sleep and why does he spit his food out?

Question

i just bought a new betta, they told me is is a different type because his back fins are more spiked and almost looks like split in 2. First, do betta's sleep? because he was so stiff during the night, it looked funny lol. Also, since i have him, this is day 2, he has only eaten 1 pellet of food. I have betta bites and give him like 3 like it says. He has been putting the other pieces in his mouth, looks like he chews, but then just spits them out...

Answer 1

Betta bites are hard to digest, especially since the fish has no teeth to grind it up with. Try wetting them down in a drop of water for a minute before offering it to him. Only feed him one at a time so the extra food doesn't foul the water. They do sleep/relax at the bottom.
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Answer 2

It sound like you have a "crowntailed" betta, or a double tailed betta. (Note that pet store bettas are mutts and don't always fit easily into one group.) Most betta sold in stores are the veil tailed type.

Fish don't sleep like people do. Your betta will rest at night, and will get lethargic if he gets cold.

Many betta are picky eaters, and it may take him a while to get use to a new food. Just feed him one in the morning, and one in the evening. Then once he starts readily eating them go to 3 once a day. A healthy betta can easily go a week without eating.

Note that betta tend to break up food by by grabbing it, and spitting it out. Generally this is only for hard, or food that is too big. (Some bettas raised on large flakes tend to always do this.) With betta bites you might want to throw one in wait till he finishes it then throw in the next.

Answer 3

Yes bettas so sleep. They float motionless. As for not eating it could be multiple reasons.
1. Your betta may not like pellets.
2. Pellets could be a different food from what he used to get so he'll need time to adjust
3. He is sick.
4. The food may be too hard.
If your betta does not like pellets try: freeze dried blood worms, warmed-frozen peas (no canned they are too salty), and a few pieces of fresh orange or lemon. Of course you are going to need combination to have all the nutrients you need. I feed peas, pellets, and freeze dried blood worms.
If he is not used to the pellets than give him a few days, he'll adjust and learn that pellets are his source of food.
If he is sick he will not swim at all, sit motionless 24 hours a day, clamped fins, barely eats, discolored, and looks miserable. I doubt he is sick. If it persists for more than a week than I might suspect sickness.
If you feed a betta something that is to big or hard they will bite it, take it in their mouths, and spit it out in a ttempt to break it up or soften it. My bettas do that to their pellets. The only problem is when the bettas spit them out and they sink out of the bettas reach and then they pollute the water and cause all sorts of problems.
Also you have a crowntail betta. If his tail is split entirely in two you have a double tail crowntail betta.
Good luck!

Answer 4

Yes your betta sleeps, all animals sleep. He may not be used to the food or maybe he just doesn't like it. Give him a few more days and see if he will eat it, if not try a different kind.