Daphnia For Betta's...

[marlie]

Sorry for all the questions guys, I just want to do this right

I just bought some frozen daphnia for my new betta, and I am currently defrosting one square (its ALF brand, and came in a small ice cube style packet)

How much should i feed him of it at once, how does it keep? Should i try and defrost smaller chunks of it instead? how often should I feed him this... (i also have him on betta bio gold and freeze dried bloodworms as a biweekly treat)

Sorry for all the questions, any help appreciated!

Martha xxx

 

[Kaz1814]

Hi,
My Betta's wont eat Daphinia the just watch it sink and give me the "now where's the real food" look...
I have tried my fry with it and they scoff it no problem. I just cut a little slice off the block, put the rest back in the freezer and defrost the slice in aquarium water before feeding. Hope this helps and hope they eat it...

 

[constantine03]

My bettas struggle to see frozen daphnia as real food as well. However, I have a live daphnia culture going, and they snatch that up like crazy! I tend to feed around 3 daphnia per fish, so a full block is probably quite a bit considering it will probably only stay good for a couple days after being thawed.

 

[marlie]

I had a full block defrosting so I fed him a little bit on the end of a spoon from it and discarded the rest (will defrost less next time) but he ate it all! he seemed to really enjoy it, swimming around a lot to get it all