Comments on: Help! The betta my friend gave me won’t eat! What should I do? http://fairyshrimps.com/brine-shrimp/help-the-betta-my-friend-gave-me-wont-eat-what-should-i-do/ wonderful world of instant pets Sun, 17 Jun 2012 01:03:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: tigerfairy39 http://fairyshrimps.com/brine-shrimp/help-the-betta-my-friend-gave-me-wont-eat-what-should-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-10343 tigerfairy39 Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:00:34 +0000 http://fairyshrimps.com/2009/12/help-the-betta-my-friend-gave-me-wont-eat-what-should-i-do/#comment-10343 Go to an aquarium store (not Petco or Petsmart, an actual aquarium store that specializes in fish) and get some live Tubiflex Worms. Rinse them for about 5 minutes under cool running water (I use a brineshrimp net), then put a few in his tank, I have never seen a healthy betta refuse them. Keep the worms in a small container with enough water to cover the worms, and rinse them, and change the water everyday. <3 my fishie Go to an aquarium store (not Petco or Petsmart, an actual aquarium store that specializes in fish) and get some live Tubiflex Worms. Rinse them for about 5 minutes under cool running water (I use a brineshrimp net), then put a few in his tank, I have never seen a healthy betta refuse them.

Keep the worms in a small container with enough water to cover the worms, and rinse them, and change the water everyday.

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]]> By: cheekymunky http://fairyshrimps.com/brine-shrimp/help-the-betta-my-friend-gave-me-wont-eat-what-should-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-10341 cheekymunky Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:57:50 +0000 http://fairyshrimps.com/2009/12/help-the-betta-my-friend-gave-me-wont-eat-what-should-i-do/#comment-10341 I never see my betta fish eat. I have had him for a couple of momths now so I nknow hes eating he just doesnt do it in front of me. <3 my fishie I never see my betta fish eat. I have had him for a couple of momths now so I nknow hes eating he just doesnt do it in front of me.

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]]> By: sweatpantsbandit http://fairyshrimps.com/brine-shrimp/help-the-betta-my-friend-gave-me-wont-eat-what-should-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-10339 sweatpantsbandit Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:00:18 +0000 http://fairyshrimps.com/2009/12/help-the-betta-my-friend-gave-me-wont-eat-what-should-i-do/#comment-10339 bettas need variety in their diet. it also doesnt harm the betta to go a few days w/o eating. bloodworms are great, i dont think he will pass them up. <3 my fishie bettas need variety in their diet. it also doesnt harm the betta to go a few days w/o eating. bloodworms are great, i dont think he will pass them up.

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]]> By: *The Coolest Loser Ever* http://fairyshrimps.com/brine-shrimp/help-the-betta-my-friend-gave-me-wont-eat-what-should-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-10337 *The Coolest Loser Ever* Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:14:13 +0000 http://fairyshrimps.com/2009/12/help-the-betta-my-friend-gave-me-wont-eat-what-should-i-do/#comment-10337 Try these: 1) Change your betta's water daily 2) Load him up and take him to petco to see what they say. 3) If they recomend any products, buy them and try them. If they recommend any actions, do them. 4) Feed sparingly 5) try moving him to a bigger tank or installing a filter to the one he is in. 6) Hope and pray. <3 my fishie Try these:

1) Change your betta’s water daily
2) Load him up and take him to petco to see what they say.
3) If they recomend any products, buy them and try them. If they recommend any actions, do them.
4) Feed sparingly
5) try moving him to a bigger tank or installing a filter to the one he is in.
6) Hope and pray.

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]]> By: wheels http://fairyshrimps.com/brine-shrimp/help-the-betta-my-friend-gave-me-wont-eat-what-should-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-10335 wheels Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:00:15 +0000 http://fairyshrimps.com/2009/12/help-the-betta-my-friend-gave-me-wont-eat-what-should-i-do/#comment-10335 Fry it up and eat it http://www.bettatalk.com/breeding_bettas.htm http://www.bettatalk.com/rearing_the_fry.htm Fry it up and eat it

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]]> By: mya http://fairyshrimps.com/brine-shrimp/help-the-betta-my-friend-gave-me-wont-eat-what-should-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-10333 mya Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:01:13 +0000 http://fairyshrimps.com/2009/12/help-the-betta-my-friend-gave-me-wont-eat-what-should-i-do/#comment-10333 try to give him some vines in the fish tank then wait till the fish tank to get dirty feed him worms http://www.bettatalk.com/breeding_bettas.htm http://www.bettatalk.com/rearing_the_fry.htm try to give him some vines in the fish tank then wait till the fish tank to get dirty feed him worms

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]]> By: Aubrey http://fairyshrimps.com/brine-shrimp/help-the-betta-my-friend-gave-me-wont-eat-what-should-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-10331 Aubrey Fri, 25 Dec 2009 12:01:29 +0000 http://fairyshrimps.com/2009/12/help-the-betta-my-friend-gave-me-wont-eat-what-should-i-do/#comment-10331 look i breed beta sooo...is it in a small bowl? is it is get it out they need to be in tanks that they can swim in or fat will gather around there heart much like a fat person and they will have a stroke.If that doesn't work try getting it a mate if it is building a bubble nest.you seem to be doing a good job if you have had it for a year and are doing the right things food wise but try changing its surroundings or something it could just be (its going to sound weird) well depressed...the DO need to eat every day http://www.bettatalk.com/breeding_bettas.htm http://www.bettatalk.com/rearing_the_fry.htm look i breed beta sooo…is it in a small bowl? is it is get it out they need to be in tanks that they can swim in or fat will gather around there heart much like a fat person and they will have a stroke.If that doesn’t work try getting it a mate if it is building a bubble nest.you seem to be doing a good job if you have had it for a year and are doing the right things food wise but try changing its surroundings or something it could just be (its going to sound weird) well depressed…the DO need to eat every day

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]]> By: CYKARR http://fairyshrimps.com/brine-shrimp/help-the-betta-my-friend-gave-me-wont-eat-what-should-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-10329 CYKARR Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:21:10 +0000 http://fairyshrimps.com/2009/12/help-the-betta-my-friend-gave-me-wont-eat-what-should-i-do/#comment-10329 whats a betta http://www.bettatalk.com/breeding_bettas.htm http://www.bettatalk.com/rearing_the_fry.htm whats a betta

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]]> By: allisonpeck http://fairyshrimps.com/brine-shrimp/help-the-betta-my-friend-gave-me-wont-eat-what-should-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-10327 allisonpeck Fri, 25 Dec 2009 09:57:31 +0000 http://fairyshrimps.com/2009/12/help-the-betta-my-friend-gave-me-wont-eat-what-should-i-do/#comment-10327 Don't panic! I love these little guys, but they are very different and tempermental, especially when they are new. If yours has been eating the same food for a year and suddently will not, it is SICK. Although bettas love new foods - you should really stay away from flakes and do dried worms - they just don't stop eating unless there is a reason. Do you see any spots? Change in swimming? Laying or darting around? Swollen eyes or gills? Sometimes you won't see anything and they just die. They live on average 1-3 years, so his time just might be up. Try another food, and buy some BettaFix Remedy for good measure. The gentle stuff won't hurt him if he is healthy, but it just might save his life. CHANGE WATER REGULARLY!! these guys die from dirty water more often than anything else. http://www.bettatalk.com/breeding_bettas.htm http://www.bettatalk.com/rearing_the_fry.htm Don’t panic! I love these little guys, but they are very different and tempermental, especially when they are new. If yours has been eating the same food for a year and suddently will not, it is SICK. Although bettas love new foods – you should really stay away from flakes and do dried worms – they just don’t stop eating unless there is a reason. Do you see any spots? Change in swimming? Laying or darting around? Swollen eyes or gills? Sometimes you won’t see anything and they just die. They live on average 1-3 years, so his time just might be up. Try another food, and buy some BettaFix Remedy for good measure. The gentle stuff won’t hurt him if he is healthy, but it just might save his life. CHANGE WATER REGULARLY!! these guys die from dirty water more often than anything else.

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]]> By: sexy babe http://fairyshrimps.com/brine-shrimp/help-the-betta-my-friend-gave-me-wont-eat-what-should-i-do/comment-page-1/#comment-10325 sexy babe Fri, 25 Dec 2009 09:02:05 +0000 http://fairyshrimps.com/2009/12/help-the-betta-my-friend-gave-me-wont-eat-what-should-i-do/#comment-10325 My fish did that, I just left it alone and kept feeding it and I would stay there and watch it, but it wouldn't eat. So then I would leave and come back, and the food would be half or fully gone. I asked the people that work at petco and they said Betta are shy fish. http://www.bettatalk.com/breeding_bettas.htm http://www.bettatalk.com/rearing_the_fry.htm My fish did that, I just left it alone and kept feeding it and I would stay there and watch it, but it wouldn’t eat. So then I would leave and come back, and the food would be half or fully gone. I asked the people that work at petco and they said Betta are shy fish.

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