TotallyTropical
Fish Crazy
Hello, itās me again
So things are going well with James! Heās eating (sort of, hence the need for a post), swimming lots, sometimes flaring, just looking 100% better overall! He loves his new 5.5gal like his buddy Marmalade has.
The only issue is the food. He wasnāt eating pellets while I was monitoring him in the 1.8gal so I put him on Tetramin flakes (all I had on hand), and he seemed to love them. I also fed James some frozen brine shrimp, and eventually moved him to the 5.5gal after using some BB to boost the cycle. I switched him off of Tetramin after I moved him because I donāt like the quality of Tetraās foods and wanted a food that was actually meant for bettas so I could make sure he could get all of the nutrients that he needs, and moved him onto National Geographicās betta flakes which have been discontinued in my local Petsmart unfortunately, but gave me a good price when I went to pick up the last container! They seem to be a good quality flake with salmon, halibut, and kelp as the first 3 ingredients. It smells a lot fishier than the Tetramin too, which seems like a good sign to me.
James says no though. At most, heāll eat 2 small pieces of the flake and leave the rest for me to clean up. Iāve been sucking up to him and feeding him frozen brine shrimp and bloodworms, which he likes, but itās very hard to portion out and not very cost effective.
Do you think itās just the specific flakes that he doesnāt like? Iāve tried pellets again in the 5.5gal and he still canāt seem to wrap his head around how to eat them. Is there an alternative I can feed him? I know Tetra sells a worm-shaped pellet for bettas, but it has lukewarm reviews and again, not a fan of their food.
So things are going well with James! Heās eating (sort of, hence the need for a post), swimming lots, sometimes flaring, just looking 100% better overall! He loves his new 5.5gal like his buddy Marmalade has.
The only issue is the food. He wasnāt eating pellets while I was monitoring him in the 1.8gal so I put him on Tetramin flakes (all I had on hand), and he seemed to love them. I also fed James some frozen brine shrimp, and eventually moved him to the 5.5gal after using some BB to boost the cycle. I switched him off of Tetramin after I moved him because I donāt like the quality of Tetraās foods and wanted a food that was actually meant for bettas so I could make sure he could get all of the nutrients that he needs, and moved him onto National Geographicās betta flakes which have been discontinued in my local Petsmart unfortunately, but gave me a good price when I went to pick up the last container! They seem to be a good quality flake with salmon, halibut, and kelp as the first 3 ingredients. It smells a lot fishier than the Tetramin too, which seems like a good sign to me.
James says no though. At most, heāll eat 2 small pieces of the flake and leave the rest for me to clean up. Iāve been sucking up to him and feeding him frozen brine shrimp and bloodworms, which he likes, but itās very hard to portion out and not very cost effective.
Do you think itās just the specific flakes that he doesnāt like? Iāve tried pellets again in the 5.5gal and he still canāt seem to wrap his head around how to eat them. Is there an alternative I can feed him? I know Tetra sells a worm-shaped pellet for bettas, but it has lukewarm reviews and again, not a fan of their food.