Kings British

[LilyRose Tank]

Can someone tell me if Kings British mini pellets are ok for feeding Betta. they are small ( 1-2mm square) and seem the right size for small fish. He has eaten one so I assume he like them, but as they are the same size as his eye I thoiught they would be perfect....what are your opinons plz x

 

[ellena]

Sizewise, they sounds good, but it depends what's in them. Hikari betta bio gold come well recommended.

 

[LilyRose Tank]

Sizewise, they sounds good, but it depends what's in them. Hikari betta bio gold come well recommended.

it says its a complete food with protein + veg sources , fish and fish derivatives, cereals, vitamins and minerals
proteins 47%
oils and fats 6.3%
#fibre1.5%
ash 8%
rest make up trace elements

does that sound ok

 

[Honeythorn]

I feed those exact pellets to Bronson, he adores them ( as do the fish in the 30 gallon ) . That and a mix of crushed flake and live bloodworm once a week. He's happy as a mad sandbag on the stuff.

None of the fish stores here sell betta specific foods anyway so I feed what's available with good results.

 

[LilyRose Tank]

Oh thank heaven I found someone who buys them, phew! thanks for telling me...can you feed them to other fish too? i know I'm dull
I'm new thats my excuse and I'm sticking to it..plus garlic juice soaks for dry food/.....whats that all about..wind up or truth?

I looked for garlic juice....and there wasnt any, so I'm thinking its a wind up?

and how many mini pellets in one feed and how many feeds a day? sorry as I siad I'm duh...i tend to overfeed and with bettas having constipation problems I need to get it right thanks

 

[Honeythorn]

Yes those are for all tropical fish, You don't need to buy garlic juice, you can scrape it from the clove with a knife. Just keep scraping it into a little pot and cover it with clingfilm. Or crush the clove to press out the juice. You prbably can buy it though, if large supermarkets don't sel it, asian/indian shops may well have it .

I only feed Bronson a couple of pellets in the morning and a tiny pinch of flake in the evening. Then nothing the next day. I feed every other day to make sure they really are hungry and keep waste low. I give him 3-4 live bloodworm once a week too. He likes the excitement of murder

If you choose to feed every day, do one pellet in the morning and one later in the day/evening so he doesn't gulp them all down at once and bloat himself.

 

[LilyRose Tank]

ok, what about other fish...i have platies too, in another tank, one pellet each for them too, once a day? can't guarettee that the hungry ones won't pinch someone elses dinner

 

[Honeythorn]

Just drop a pinch of pellets in the main tank . Thats what I do and they all go. I drop a pinch of mini pellets, a few bottomfeeder ones for the cories, and a little flake as my gourami prefers it to pellets. I do that every other day on my tank, but of course what you feed and how much to put in depends on what you have in your tank. A pinch of pellets should be enough for the platies once a day