Betta food

[Sunny]

My second Betta (5 weeks) will not eat Betta bites.
He completely ignored them for 3 weeks and I didn't offer anything else, (on
advice from the shop.)
Finally gave up and fed him some freeze dried blood worms.
I have dropped a Betta Bite in among the few worms, but he chews on it a few
times and spits it out.
Can a Betta exist on freeze dried blood worms alone ?
( The shop vet said that Bettas can go without food, for up to five weeks,
but I relented :-))
His mate, in the next tank, will eat anything that moves, or lands in the
water.

[blove]

are betta bites made by Aqua Culture? if so i find those to be way too
hard. try Hikari Betta Bio-Gold pellets, all my betta loves thems. a
variety diet is best for bettas, i give mine the pellets, freeze dried blood
worms, live brine shrimp when i start up a culture, in the summer i put a
bucket of water out on the porch and i collect baby misquitoes and give
those to them.


"Sunny" > wrote in message
...
> My second Betta (5 weeks) will not eat Betta bites.
> He completely ignored them for 3 weeks and I didn't offer anything else,
(on
> advice from the shop.)
> Finally gave up and fed him some freeze dried blood worms.
> I have dropped a Betta Bite in among the few worms, but he chews on it a
few
> times and spits it out.
> Can a Betta exist on freeze dried blood worms alone ?
> ( The shop vet said that Bettas can go without food, for up to five weeks,
> but I relented :-))
> His mate, in the next tank, will eat anything that moves, or lands in the
> water.
>
>

[Sunny]

Hikari Betta Bio-Gold are one of the ones he spits out.
Also Wardley Betta Food (black pellets)
(fussy little sod :-)

"blove" > wrote in message
...
> are betta bites made by Aqua Culture? if so i find those to be way too
> hard. try Hikari Betta Bio-Gold pellets, all my betta loves thems. a
> variety diet is best for bettas, i give mine the pellets, freeze dried
blood
> worms, live brine shrimp when i start up a culture, in the summer i put a
> bucket of water out on the porch and i collect baby misquitoes and give
> those to them.
>
>
> "Sunny" > wrote in message
> ...
> > My second Betta (5 weeks) will not eat Betta bites.
> > He completely ignored them for 3 weeks and I didn't offer anything else,
> (on
> > advice from the shop.)
> > Finally gave up and fed him some freeze dried blood worms.
> > I have dropped a Betta Bite in among the few worms, but he chews on it a
> few
> > times and spits it out.
> > Can a Betta exist on freeze dried blood worms alone ?
> > ( The shop vet said that Bettas can go without food, for up to five
weeks,
> > but I relented :-))
> > His mate, in the next tank, will eat anything that moves, or lands in
the
> > water.
> >
> >
>
>

[Eric Schreiber]

"Sunny" > wrote:

>My second Betta (5 weeks) will not eat Betta bites.
>Can a Betta exist on freeze dried blood worms alone ?

Yes, but ideally you should provide a varied diet. Try another brand
of betta bits, for starters. I use Top Fin, and all three of my bettas
devour it. I also use the smallest size of cichlid pellets I can find
from time to time. Plus, of course, freeze dried blood worms and the
occasional captured mosquito.


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[TYNK 7]

>Subject: Re: Betta food
>From: "blove"
>Date: 12/29/2003 9:56 AM Central Standard Time
>Message-id: >
>
>are betta bites made by Aqua Culture? if so i find those to be way too
>hard. try Hikari Betta Bio-Gold pellets, all my betta loves thems. a
>variety diet is best for bettas, i give mine the pellets, freeze dried blood
>worms, live brine shrimp when i start up a culture, in the summer i put a
>bucket of water out on the porch and i collect baby misquitoes and give
>those to them.

Our town sprays for Skeeters, so I can't "make" my own Bloodworms.
You always need toconsider if your twons sprays for insects or not.