How much to feed, and food rotation

FinnFan · 09-10-2007, 08:20 AM

I am pretty sure I'm guilty of overfeeding the bettas... they're just so darn irresistible when they're doing their little "feed me dances" when I come to look at them.

Both of them are currently eating about:
4 Hikari Betta bio gold pellets
2 Freeze dried blood woms
2 small crumbs (I try to pinch off an amount similar to the size of a bio-gold pellet) of freeze dried brine shrimp

... per day.

How should I rotate these foods? Or is it ok to give them in small amounts everyday? Is this too much? I'm pretty sure the Hikari's should be the mainstay of their diet. (From what I've read).

Your thoughts?

Sowilu · 09-10-2007, 11:02 AM

I try to do the bloodworms once a week (but mine lives in a community so he gets more than 2 worms), I feed him my community flakes as he did not want to eat the pellets, I feed every three or so days tubifex worms (in a cube only feed half of it or so) and live baby brines shrimps (he won't eat this though I think they are too small ???). I am planing on adding more variety to their diet though (especially him since he is a carnivore or herbivore since he is eating community flakes???).

mousey · 09-10-2007, 03:01 PM

I feed 2 baby betta pellets twice daily. Twice a week i substitute live white worms for one of the meals. 1 day aweek also they get a substitute of dried shrimp pellets.
Too many worms either fresh or frozen will constipate them.

FinnFan · 09-10-2007, 03:25 PM

Yep yep, I am going to have to cut back on the worms. Thanks for the input! I am going to decrease their food amount starting today. Don't want to make them fat (or constipated.)

Sowilu · 09-10-2007, 04:00 PM

That is why I only feed once a week or maybe once every two weeks them worms.

emc7 · 09-10-2007, 05:56 PM

The more you feed, the more water changes you need. Young fish with lots of water changes will grow faster with more feedings, but adults will just get fat.

09-10-2007, 08:20 AM	#1
FinnFan Information junkie Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow Posts: 214	How much to feed, and food rotation I am pretty sure I'm guilty of overfeeding the bettas... they're just so darn irresistible when they're doing their little "feed me dances" when I come to look at them. Both of them are currently eating about: 4 Hikari Betta bio gold pellets 2 Freeze dried blood woms 2 small crumbs (I try to pinch off an amount similar to the size of a bio-gold pellet) of freeze dried brine shrimp ... per day. How should I rotate these foods? Or is it ok to give them in small amounts everyday? Is this too much? I'm pretty sure the Hikari's should be the mainstay of their diet. (From what I've read). Your thoughts?

09-10-2007, 11:02 AM	#2
Sowilu ┼{§}Nena{§}┼ Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NC Age: 19 Posts: 308	I try to do the bloodworms once a week (but mine lives in a community so he gets more than 2 worms), I feed him my community flakes as he did not want to eat the pellets, I feed every three or so days tubifex worms (in a cube only feed half of it or so) and live baby brines shrimps (he won't eat this though I think they are too small ???). I am planing on adding more variety to their diet though (especially him since he is a carnivore or herbivore since he is eating community flakes???). __________________ Fish:1 betta, 5 zebra danios, 4 cories, 3 long fin danios, 2 neon tetras, an apple snail, and 2 C shrimps. Plants: 1 Java Fern, 4 vallisneria, java moss

09-10-2007, 03:01 PM	#3
mousey Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 800	I feed 2 baby betta pellets twice daily. Twice a week i substitute live white worms for one of the meals. 1 day aweek also they get a substitute of dried shrimp pellets. Too many worms either fresh or frozen will constipate them. __________________ mousey Toronto. Canada

09-10-2007, 04:00 PM	#5
Sowilu ┼{§}Nena{§}┼ Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NC Age: 19 Posts: 308	That is why I only feed once a week or maybe once every two weeks them worms. __________________ Fish:1 betta, 5 zebra danios, 4 cories, 3 long fin danios, 2 neon tetras, an apple snail, and 2 C shrimps. Plants: 1 Java Fern, 4 vallisneria, java moss

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09-10-2007, 03:25 PM	#4
FinnFan Information junkie Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow Posts: 214	Yep yep, I am going to have to cut back on the worms. Thanks for the input! I am going to decrease their food amount starting today. Don't want to make them fat (or constipated.)

09-10-2007, 05:56 PM	#6
emc7 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Johns Creek, GA Posts: 3,239	The more you feed, the more water changes you need. Young fish with lots of water changes will grow faster with more feedings, but adults will just get fat.

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