Hello, I have a Betta fish that I at first tried to feed tropical flakes and pellets. After about a week I decided to stop, I stopped trying to feed him these because he never ate anything. I decided to switch to bloodworms. Luckily he loved these. Now that he realized that I could be trusted to feed him, he was more open to flakes. As a little experiment yesterday I fed him one single flake. He scarfed it down. Now I am wondering how and what I should feed him. I got rid of the pellets, so now I need how much and how often I should feed flakes and bloodworms. Please help me out on this one, I don't want to overfeed or make a bad combo and make him constipated or something. Thanks in advance for all answers.
2007-11-20 09:06:23 · 2 answers · asked by Guppy 4 in Pets ➔ Fish
Well bettas are by far the easiest fish to own. I would reccomend using betta pellets. You want to look for one with high protien. High levels of protien will help the color and activity level of your betta. Bloodworms are also great for either an every other feeding food or even better as a treat.
As far as how much you want to feed your betta--bettas can go a VERY long long time without eating at all. I reccomend feeding 1-3 pellets every other day at the most (especially if you feed 3 pellets). If you want you can feed flakes--but only feed 1 large flake a feeding--same rule of thumb as the pellets on how often.
Make sure that you are cleaning his home every 2-4 days as well (if in a small bowl or tank). Try not to take out more then 1/2 of the water to help keep the active bacteria that he has created in there--it's a good thing.
Hope that helped, and if you ever have any other pet questions please don't hesitate to ask!
Tidy Tanks Aquarium and Pet Services.
2007-11-20 10:26:01 · answer #1 · answered by tidy_tanks2006 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As long as you provide a healthy alternation between flakes and frozen foods, you can easily prevent constipation. Just flakes often leads to constipation, as does only feeding frozen foods... Use flakes as a staple, and give it bloodworms or brineshrimp once or twice a week. Contact me if you have any questions.
Soop Nazi
2007-11-20 09:12:59 · answer #2 · answered by nosoop4u246 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋