I just bought a female betta tonight after having a male for a long time..I was wondering since the females are smaller than the males should i feed her less than i did my male?
2007-08-29 15:49:07 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
you feed her just the same as you had your male
good guidelines are:
3-4 pellets twice a day at each feeding
once or twice a week replace a meal with bloodworms
and once a week fast her for a whole day, this will prevent her from getting constipation
http://fishlesscycling.com/articles/caring_for_bettas.html
Hope that helps
Good luck
EB
2007-08-29 21:23:00 · answer #1 · answered by Kribensis lover 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I noticed my female Betta is less receptive to different types of food than my male Betta. I don't feed her less, but I break down her food more for her. For example, she won't eat pellets (which my male will devour), but she will eat flakes. I have to crumble the flakes between my fingers to make them smaller for her, or else she won't eat them. I do this with freeze dried brine shrimp as well, occassionally.
She eats freeze dried bloodworms, whole, with no problems. I give her these a couple times a week. Just remember, your fish's stomach is about the size of their eye.
I feed both fish 2-3 times a day and I constantly mix up their diets.
2007-08-29 23:08:06 · answer #2 · answered by amac997 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Generally females are nearly as big in the body as males. (fin can make them look much bigger.) Of course size varies a bit among betta. Most likely she is just young than your male. I'd feed them the same, an be sure they don't get bloated.
2007-08-30 01:48:21 · answer #3 · answered by Sabersquirrel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, there is no dumb question.
I would feed her just the same as you feed the male. Just remember a fish's stomach is about the size of its eyes. But if she's a really really small female, you can feed her just a little bit less if you are unsure. It's better to underfeed than overfeeding and killing the fish!
2007-08-29 23:01:04 · answer #4 · answered by revernance 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bettas really thrive on live foods,like mosquito wigglers,if spawning is your goal,then try too find some sources of live food,micro worms,brine shrimp,vinegar eels,wingless fruit flies,there are lots of different beasties you can culture.
Live food will put your fish into spawning condition quickly.
2007-08-30 00:03:29 · answer #5 · answered by PeeTee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to www.about.com and look up Betta fish scroll down to you see a profile of Siamese fighting fish including habitat care feeding and breeding hope this helps you
2007-09-02 02:57:57 · answer #6 · answered by wolf 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋