How Much Should Betta Eat?

[NeonNeptune]

Hello everyone, I was able to only to get my new betta to eat one betta bite a day, by cutting it half and feeding twice a day, is this sufficient for a betta?

 

[HannahBear77]

I feed mine 3 pellets 2 times a day or ever other day (believe me they are not starved) then replace the pellets with algae wafers every other day durin the evening so my corries can eat

 

[pablothebetta]

My betta gets 3-4 Hikari Betta Bio-Gold pellets daily, with the occasional pea and 'starve' day. How large is a "betta bite"?

 

[HannahMonster]

I read that you can give them 4 pellets 2 times a day. That what i do most everyday.

 

[pinktail]

there stomach is as big as there eye so not much.

 

[Alm0stAwesome]

Try soaking them in tank water for 10-15 minutes before feeding him (I use a shot glass). That way they are softer and easier to eat and will not swell in his belly

Also bettas often lose their appetite for a week or so when you first get them, it'll come back after he's settled in a bit.

 

[alstermania]

blood worms- about 2 bloodworms twice a day
pellets- I feed mine 3 in the morning and 2 in the afternoon
flakes- 1 in the morning and 1 at night

I change what I feed my fish every day. Rather feed less then overfeed, which can cause swim bladder disorder and pollute the water.

 

[OldMan47]

Feed them liberally with real food, not betta bites or similar silly foods. I feed mine whatever he gets while competing with my endlers, he is in an endler breeding colony. Most of the time that is a generic tropical flake but sometimes it is spirulina flake or frozen foods like daphnia or brine shrimp. He thrives, along side the endlers, and is in great shape. This is him at over 2 years old.

I find, and it is probably just me, that the marked "betta food" is nothing but a way to get people to spend at least 10 times as much for halfway decent food. Around here the main brand available is called Betta Gold but they all strike me as totally useless for fish health. Any decent name brand balanced diet will work out just fine for a betta or almost any other fish. When it comes to good fish nutrition, nothing can beat a good balanced flake with weekly supplements of vegetable food and frozen live foods like daphnia or brine shrimp. In season, I go in search of live mosquito larvae but that does not last long. My betta loves it, but all of my fish find it a good source of live food for them and they all thrive on it as a supplement, not a main diet.