What is everyone feeding their bettas?

[thrujenseyes]

Hey all,
I haven't had a betta in a little while, so I'm wondering what the thing to feed would be.
Of course I'm hoping he won't eat all of the shrimp in the tank but one never knows.
I'd rather not feed live things as to not nurture the hunting and killing but I'd love for him to get what he needs and likes...if possible thru pellets.
It's a 6 gallon heavily planted tank with tons of cherry shrimp and one nerite snail who's got to be about 10 now.
Thanks guys!

 

[Innesfan]

I feed frozen foods--brine shrimp, bloodworms, mysis, daphnia etc--and some pellets, especially bug bites. Do NOT feed freeze dried foods especially FD bloodworms. That's the express lane to constipation, bloat and dropsy symptoms.

 

[Back in the fold]

I culture live wingless fruit flies . Drosophila melanogaster . Betta’s like to hunt them on the water’s surface . It’s a job culturing enough of them for a lot of fish but for one lone Betta it’s easy .

 

[thrujenseyes]

I feed frozen foods--brine shrimp, bloodworms, mysis, daphnia etc--and some pellets, especially bug bites. Do NOT feed freeze dried foods especially FD bloodworms. That's the express lane to constipation, bloat and dropsy symptoms.

Oh good to know on the fd bloodworms!! Yikes!! I've read about bug bites! I think I'll start there! Thank you!

 

[thrujenseyes]

I culture live wingless fruit flies . Drosophila melanogaster . Betta’s like to hunt them on the water’s surface . It’s a job culturing enough of them for a lot of fish but for one lone Betta it’s easy .

omgoodness you "culture them"?! I'll have to google that!...even though it sounds pretty gross! ha