ok ive been feeding my betta pellets for its entire life then i went to the store and got bloodworms and feed them to him for a week now he wont eat the pellets what should i do just let him eat the bloodworms for the rest of his life or only gve him pellets so he's forst to eat them help plz!
2007-05-25 03:24:56 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
In nature the betta lives on a diet that consists predominantly of insects and insect larvae. In fact, bettas contribute significantly in controlling mosquitoes that abound in their native habitat in Southeast Asia (Thailand, formerly Siam).
The betta's digestive tract is geared for meat, not dry pellets. Its upturned mouth is designed to grab insects that have fallen into the water. Although they may be observed picking for morsels on plants and rocks, they are not bottom feeders by nature.
A diet consisting of vegetable matter (pellets) may keep them alive for a while, but it is not natural or healthy. Over time they will slowly be starved of the proper nutrients, and more easily fall victim to disease.
You should vary his diet with the bloodworms, pellets, flakes and maybe a treat of frozen adult brine shrimp a couple times a week. Soon he will be looking forward to feeding time instead of laying on the bottom of the unheated unfiltered bowl.
BTW, it is pronounced bet-tah, not bay-tah.
2007-05-25 04:03:15 · answer #1 · answered by 8 In the corner 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is best to give your betta a variety of foods anyway. If your betta won't eat pellets anymore try brine shrimp. He should be eating at least 2 kinds of food to get all the nutrition he needs. Thats why pellets are normally a main part of the diet of a betta.
A diet of just freeze dried bloodworms can cause constipation which can be fatal to a betta.
I feed mine 4 kinds of food, they get pellets, bloodworms, brine shrimp and live blackworms from time to time. Some of them even eat flakes I put in for the guppies and tetras.
2007-05-25 08:39:10 · answer #2 · answered by Palor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, let me put this in a human form question. Lets say all your life you had been eating carrots. Then one day you were given a steak. Which would you rather have, dry crunchy carrots or a nice juicy steak? Probably the steak unless you are a vegetarian, just like your fish prefers the bloodworms. Personally, I have had many bettas(all in a tank bigger than 5 gallons w/ filter and heater) and thats all they had their life was bloodworms. Besides my sisters extremely stubborn/picky fishy, all love freeze-dried bloodworms and gobble them up!!
So I would go on feeding him bloodworms.
2007-05-25 03:36:01 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the wild your Betta would eat what ever it would find. So therefore in time he will eat any food you give him. Feeding just one type of food is most likely not meeting his dietary needs to be healthy.The key is to feed him a verity of foods each day and never more than what he will eat in two to three minutes. I would suggest that you feed him 3 times daily. The first feeding should be Flakes or pellets, the second live or frozen food, and the last feeding should be some kind of freeze dried food.
2007-05-25 03:42:45 · answer #4 · answered by fishbarn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would just put in the pellets,when he get hungry enough he will eat them,blood worms should be more of a treat not his main food.It's good for him to have a balanced diet not just on thing,I give my betta's blood worms once or twice a week for a treat and betta pellets the rest of the time.
2007-05-25 05:20:05 · answer #5 · answered by Jackp1ne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's good to offer a variety of foods to your fish. If you can find some mosquito wigglers in some fairly clean water,he will forget the blood worms in a second.
If you want to get him back on pellets just quit feeding for a few days(even a week won't hurt) and try the pellets again.
Don't let the little bugger bully you.----Good luck.---PeeTee
2007-05-25 03:33:39 · answer #6 · answered by PeeTee 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
i do no longer probable comprehend why they informed you that aside from the nutrition might cloud the water. Moderation is the main needless to say yet you may feed it common. Betta's require a intense protein weight-alleviation plan to maintain their colouration. additionally, do no longer subject approximately fouling the water because of the fact Betta's are in the suborder Anabantoidei or in basic terms a fancy technology way of asserting "labyrinth organ having". in actuality it means this organ supplies the fish the skill to gulp air from the ambience quite of the water for respiration. desire that enables and robust success with the betta!
2016-11-05 08:35:44 · answer #7 · answered by gennusa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bloodworms are good food for carvivorouse fish such as bettas. He should be fine with the bloodworms.
2007-05-28 08:59:11 · answer #8 · answered by Chris 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I you were fed cereal your whole life and someone fed you a steak which one would you want. If you keep giving them the pellets they will come around. I did the same thing to my cicllids.
2007-05-25 03:30:55 · answer #9 · answered by lyger1970 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bloodworms are in fact better for them
2007-05-25 03:36:20 · answer #10 · answered by Jennifer K 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋