My beta fish won't eat...?

Question

I put food in his tank. He actually puts it in his mouth, but then he tosses his head like he's swallowing it, and it falls out of his mouth. My other fish tossed their heads, but the food never fell out....

I put food in his tank. He actually puts it in his mouth, but then he tosses his head like he's swallowing it, and it falls out of his mouth. My other fish tossed their heads, but the food never fell out.... I know how much to feed these fish, we've asked the pet shop owner, and my fish IS hungry. Otherwise, he wouldn't try to eat the food...he also hasn't eaten for about a week.

Answer 1

Bettas have very tiny mouths, so it may just be that he's nibbling and tossing away the food that he has no interest in. Not all of them have good table manners :]

If this isn't the case-- my suggestion would be to try other types of food. Bettas are funny little fish. Some like pellets, some won't have anything to do with pellets and prefer flakes, some won't bite a flake and rather freeze-dried bloodworms. I have one betta who will eat pellets, but ONLY if cut in half. Experiment a little and see what you fish likes most. DON'T overfeed him, however. Never put in more than your betta can eat in a minute at a time, once a day or every other day.

Answer 2

He is eating; you just don't see him doing it. Betas are some of the most resilient fish around and can go DAYS without water or food. They are raised in warehouses in small flasks (the size of the kind you use to sneak liquor into ball games) and are given hardly any food.

Trust me: whatever amount of food you are putting into the tank IS TOO MUCH!! I'd say that 90% of fish owners overfeed their fish and end up killing them from the rotting food on the bottom. Feed him LESS food. And make sure its blood worms - the frozen kind are the best. Just cut the cube down in quarters and that should be plenty.

here's a picture: look at how small your fish is and now image how small his stomach is. They hardly need any food at all.

Answer 3

Bettas do that. A lot of fish do. They're softening it up or just 'playing' with it. Is he eating any and all or is he spitting everything back out and not eating it again?
Try feeding some different types of food, including freeze dried bloodworms. That might get him hungry!

Answer 4

Its honestly not hungry, my betta did that last week , shes back to normal now and eating fine. I think you're betta is actually eating it but you just don't see it . Also try to feed it betta pellets and blood worms, but not too much blood worms , it can make them sick.

Hope I helped

{ Background info - I have been breeding and keeping bettas for about 5 years now, so I know my stuff }

Answer 5

sure the Betta will eat the goldfish nutrients it truly is not as nutritious even with the undeniable fact that it truly is going to keep up the fish. you need to yet tropical fish nutrients and integrate both by one area goldfish nutrients to 2 factors of tropical fish nutrients. (Flakes)

Answer 6

He aint hungry!