...betta fish food...?

Question

I was told to feed my new betta BETTA BITES -it says on the bottle that it will not cloud water and it still does- What can I do? Is there some better food for them????

I DON'T WANT TO FEED THEM ANYTHING LIVE! NEED A SUGGESTION ON WHAT I CAN FEED HIM THAT DOES NOT CLOUD THE WATER_I AM FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS ON THE BOTTLE

FOR THE PERSON TELLING ME HOW I MUST WRITE>I CAN WRITE IN CAPS IF I WANT_ YOU CAN INTERPT IT HOW U CHOOSE_

Answer 1

Try some sort of pellet food as the main staple. They look like little brown seed beads that float on the surface of the water. You can find them at any store that sells fish.

Freeze-dried bloodworms are excellent, but they're like candy for bettas, so feed them sparingly. They don't contain the adequate nutritiion to keep your fish healthy if that's all you feed him. I treat my bettas to bloodworms in place of a meal once a week. Also, some people develop allergies to the freeze-dried worms after handling them for awhile, so be sure to wash your hands immediately after you handle them.

How much are you feeding him? You only need to feed your betta about four or five pellets a day (I go for two or three in the morning and two in the evening). Remove anything that he doesn't eat within 1 minute or else it will make the water nasty.

Bettas' stomachs are the size of their eye. They don't need to eat very much. You're MUCH more likely to make him sick by overfeeding than underfeeding.

Answer 2

Well I think your problem isn't the food you are feeding, but the set up of the tank you have your fish in. Now I'm using the word tank here very loosely because I do not believe your betta is an a tank with a running filter or such. If he is in a "betta bowl" or one of those glass vases, thats the problem. Chances are you have those glass Mancala type beads as your gravel. I recommend going back to a Petsmart or other store and getting one of those plastic "Kritter Kariers" of reasonable size and a bag of gravel, and maybe a little fake plant. Once you get home, rinse the gravel until no more color rinses out. Then let the gravel soak for about a day. Used gravel works best to establish an aquarium. Then fill the carier about an inch to two inches (depending on the size of container you got) with the gravel. Put in any decor or plants now. Gently fill the tank doing your best not to stir the gravel. Add in the water conditioner, and then put in your betta buddie. Betta Bites are what I feed my betta and he is in this type of set up. The water does cloud the first time its set up. But change the water one week later and after that it should be a working system. When you clean it, pour all the water out, rinse all the decor, and rinse the gravel twice with hot water, being sure to stir it up to get out all debris. The rinse it once in cold, and refill. Don't scrub the gravel too much because there is some bacteria you want to be there.
As for the feeding. Feed a full grown male betta 3-4 pellets each day. Make sure they stay afloat or else your betta probably won't eat them.

Hope this helps.

Answer 3

Ease up on the CAPS. Please remember that it is the typographical equivalent of yelling :)

Betta bites should not cloud the water unless you are feeding too much. Bettas have small tummies, and 1-3 pellets, once or twice a day, is more than enough. Feed one pellet at a time, for about 3 minutes, and remove anything he does not eat.

Clean the water more often, that will help, too. Bettas produce ammonia just like all fish and it does make the water cloudy. If your tank is small and does not have a filter, get a turkey baster, and remove 1/2 of the water (and uneaten food or poop) every other day, and replace with fresh dechlorinated water. This will keep the water looking, smelling and feeling clean and fresh for you and the betta.

Other treats you can give you betta are bloodworms. You can buy them freeze-dried in little plastic containers, or frozen.

Answer 4

You might be over feeding him if the betta bites are making the water cloudy. Try giving a little less than what the bottle is recommending. Some other people suggested blood worms, my betta went absolutely nuts for those! Good Luck.

Answer 5

I agree with the person that said blood worms, they are freeze dried and come in a little thing that looks just like the betta food container and they are small dried worms that wont cloud the tank, when I got my beta, they were out of regular beta food so I got blood worm and a couple weeks later when I went back, they had the beta food so I got it for him and then...he wouldn't eat the regular beta food so I just kept feeding him the worms.......They arent alive.....they are already dead and dried up

Answer 6

bloodworms work really well