Can you feed fry(betta) powdered flakes and pellets?

Question

I was going to feed them powdered flakes, powdered pellets, and boiled egg yolk. Would that be okay? Also how long does it take for infusoria take to culture?

even if I grind it into a powder?

Answer 1

No, unfortunately, the fry will be far too tiny for pellets or flake food when they're newborns. They will either choke on it, or the food will sink to the bottom, make them sick, and they'll die. Believe me, I've tried it. It never works.

The best betta fry food is a hearty diet of microworms. They're very easy and cheap, but you can't just go to the store and buy microworms. You can order a culture from a betta breeder. I get mine online from www.bettatalk.com . You grow them in an oatmeal substrate, and once you get your colony going, it can last for years.

The next best thing would be live newborn (just hatched)brine shrimp. Frozen brine shrimp won't work. They must be alive in order to catch the attention of the betta fry. You have to be very careful about overfeeding with these, though. They'll cause your babies to bloat and sink to the bottom.

Good luck! Once you get the hang of it, bettas are a lot of fun to breed.

Answer 2

no unfortunately you can't you will need to start infusoria as soon as they're hatched, and start feeding them when they're freeswimming
read throught the following it also tells you on how to raise babybrine shrimp
http://fishlesscycling.com/articles/breeding_bettas.html



Hope that helps
good luck


EB

Answer 3

no they're too small for that. You should be buying them microworms and by the time they're free of swimming feed them baby brine shrimp .

Answer 4

flakes and pellets only yes