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What should i be feeding my betta?

Posted on September 12, 2010 by admin| 11 Comments

I’ve never owned a betta before, but adopted this one from my mother after being horrified she was keeping it in a small water jug. Its been moved to a heated 5 gallon tank in my office at work (by itself). Its been there a few days and has become very active and its appetite seems huge. It immediatly eats everything i feed it.

I’m just wondering how much i should be feeding it, and if i should introduce frozen food like blood worms and brine shrimp and how often. Right now he gets 2 pellets in the morning, and a few flakes before i leave work, is this balanced enough?

p.s. don’t worry it gets fed everyday, we have a weekend guy that feeds him for me

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Betta is not eating (spitting out food)?

Posted on February 16, 2010 by admin| 11 Comments

I have a male betta for about 8 months now. Last weekend, my sister left the windows open and the temperature in the tank got down to about 65 degrees. He’s warmed back up now, but now he’s spitting out all ( or at least most ) of his food. I htought that maybe he was still too cold, so have bought a tank w/ a heater and he is in there. The transfer went ok and he seems to be enjoying the new habitat, but something is still obviously amiss as he still is spitting everything out. He was originally eating pellets, but I’ve tried both live brine shrimp and frozen brine shrimp with the same results. It is possible that he did swallow one or two brine shrimp, but this is a far cry from his previous appetite. Does anyone have any idea what his problem could be? His coloration is fine, and his entire demeanor seems unchanged, other than his appetite is gone. Its been over a week like this and I am very concerned. Please help.

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