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#1 ·
so, i'm slowly running out of foods. >.>; the ones i DO have alot of, are the New Life Spectrum Grow, and the NLS Betta formula. with Cup, i can't feed him the Grow, because they're so tiny, he gets more air in his belly than pellets, and bloats and floats. the rest of my crew can eat them just fine.

i also have a new, special needs betta(a pure white HMPK named Theodore, who's partly blind, which i didn't know until i got him home. >.>;), and he can't see the Grow pellets. i've been feeding him Attison's betta pellets, which he seems to enjoy and be able to find before they sink down and get lost in the rocks(i'm going to give him a bare bottomed tank soon). the NLS Betta pellets, he couldn't see until they started sinking, then he'd not recognize them as food, until they were lost on the bottom.

so, i'm looking for a new food for my crew(Theo especially), and while i was getting Theo his 2.5 tank, i noticed the lps carries this brand now:
http://www.aqueonproducts.com/products/betta-food.htm

is that a good brand of pellets? around here, it's either that, Wardely's Betta Pellets(which i have a can of from when i got Cup), Hikari Betta Bio Gold, Tetra brand pellets, or Omega One flakes. i know everyone on here says Omega One is a wonderful brand, but none of my babies have ever eaten flakes before. >.>;

i want the best for my babies, since i spoil them as best i can. food, is the biggest issue i have with pampering them, since there's no Petsmart or Petco nearby, and out of the three places nearby that sell pet supplies, i only have Walmart(which sells the Wardley's), and Pet Lover's(which sells the Aqueon, Tetera, Hikari, and Omega One). i'd order some more Attion's off the internet, but i only have $.18 on my paypal, and my sister decided my paypal isn't good enough for her, and took her bank info off it(i laugh at her now).

any food help is wonderful. i can get them frozen foods as well, which i'm wanting to do now that i know the pet store has them. when i got Theo, they were out of blood worms, which made me sad. D:
 
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#4 ·
TBH Aqueon isn't the best food. It's not crap but there are better foods for your buck. But since you can't order foods offline it's probably your best bet.

I'll be getting a big shipment of different foods in very soon. I could probably put together a little baggie of different ones to send to you once they get here.
 
#5 ·
thanks a million, 1fish. i've been feeding Theo the Attison's, since it floats longer than the others. Cup is my special boy, too. if i feed him certain things, he bloats up bad from them. :/ i'm glad Theo picked up fast on the fact that taking the cover off his tank, means food!
 
#6 ·
I used to feed my boys the Aqueon Pellets. They're good in a more balanced, varied diet, but not by themselves. I still have what I had left over for backup, or in case someone I know gets their own betta.

I just switched to the Omega One Betta Buffet pellets. First feeding was like normal. Second feeding, Quinn lunged from across his tank to yet the first pellet that dropped in. He's eating them with as much gusto as his bloodworms. I can't really tell a difference in Boba, because he leaps for his food to begin with. But the switch was successful, and I feel better about the ingredients. You can't eliminate things like wheat meal completely, but the first 3 ingredients are seafood, and the binder is a protein, so I'm happier.
 
#20 ·
well, i have Theo trained to eat from a ring, and he knows when the lid comes off, there's usually food coming, so he goes right to where the ring usually is when i feed him. :3 i'm still running low on food, though. x-X when i get some more money, i'm gonna buy some frozen foods, since that's about the best thing Pet Lover's sells, in terms of betta food. xD
 
#21 ·
Hey Lui.. I got my food today so I can send you a little baggy. It'll have NLS grow, NLS betta, Atison's Betta, and Omega One.

Its a bag I've been feeding out of but I don't like the Omega One (because you have to crush it.. and that's too time consuming for me LOL) but it's still good. I'll add a little new food into it as well so you'll at least have a month or so's worth (probably much more).

Just PM me your address and I can drop it in mail to you Tuesday or Wednesday when I go to pick up my new females.
 
#23 ·
What sucks is that fish.com has the Hikari pellets super cheap and like 2 months ago I ordered like 4 big packs. Geez! They will probably last my fish a lifetime.
 
#25 ·
The hikari isn't THAT bad. I just dug up a pack that someone sent me along with some other stuff and it breaks down to

38% Protein
4% Crude Fat
3% Crude Fiber
12% Ash (which is sort of a lot)
10% Moisture
.7% Phosphorus

That's pretty similar to what my NLS betta breaks down to. The only difference is NLS has more seafood ingredients and also vitamins. The Hikari also has more artificial ingredients.

I wouldn't go as far to say that if you have Hikari (even the new version) that you need to throw it out right away. Unless your keeping your fish in breeding condition or trying to bring a sick fish back to health I think Hikari along with a varied diet should be fine.
 
#27 ·
It's on the lower end of the food spectrum but if you are okay with feeding your fish Topfin, Wardleys, Aquaculture, and Freeze dried foods I don't see why hikari should be any different as it's pretty much the same as any of those brands.

The issue is it's not made of anything REAL. Just like in dog food where you want to see lamb, chicken, etc.. in fish food you want to see stuff you recognize like krill and salmon, etc.

You can definitely smell the difference. If I accidentally leave my NLS grow open my whole room smells like seafood when I get home from work... any of the brands I listed above wouldn't do that.
 
#28 ·
that's some good food, then! i can totally smell the difference, and i only have little medicine packets of 'good' food. Theo can smell it, too. :3 he goes for Atison's betta pellets and NLS grow before anything else, like he can smell them better.
 
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