Caring for a young betta

[rezicca]

Welp.

I know I posted before about not being able to get another betta, but then disaster struck for my roommate's friends.

So.

We have a 9 week old delta/halfmoon/idek arriving probably tomorrow.

I have a large kritter keeper set up, heated (finally managed to get heaters), with silk plants and cave-ish thing.

What else should I do to care for this kid? Mizuchi is a few months, so I feed him pellets, but I don't know so much about Chouko, the new one. At 9 weeks, are they able to eat pellets?

I can't exactly ask my roommate's friends (It's a huge, dramatic long story and I wouldn't know how to explain it)

Any help would be awesome, thanks~

[Fabian]

Yes they can eat pellets at 9 weeks old.
mine eat their pellets at about 1 1/2 months old.

[rezicca]

Fantastic, thanks a ton. ^^

What about blood worms, by the way? Is that alright for their systems when they/re that young? Freezedried, of course.

[Hershey]

Bloodworms should still be used as treats, most likely, the fish would be okay.

[rezicca]

Awesome, thanks then. ^^

Also, love your avatar. :3

[Fabian]

I don't think freeze dried bw are good for young bettas.

[aokashi]

skip the fd blood worms... they're probably too big. get a high protein pellet food and look into frozen daphnia/tubifex etc...

[rezicca]

The pellets, I can do. Frozen food, not so much, unfortunately. Fridge is kind of finicky. Doesn't keep food cold, let alone frozen. Probably once I get home..

Thanks, a lot. ^^ Really helps.

[aokashi]

:)NLS has a grow formular you might want to buy. the pellets should also be timy enough.