Am I feeding my Bettas good food?

[carzz]

They will probably reject them for a day or so, but maybe not. Just keep trying :)

If I were to crush it into little chunks and feed it to them like pellets, do you think that'd be okay?

[RayneForhest]

Originally Posted by carzz

Are those 7 day betta blocks any good?
The ones that are little color fish that look like chalk?

I've wondered that too

[carzz]

Laughing said they are okay, but they cause a lot of ammonia, which makes a lot of sense. :)

But I want to spoil my little buggers, and get them something YUMMI for dinner tonight.

[RayneForhest]

I know this sounds GROSS... but someone suggested to feed them FLEAS!!!???

How horrible is this? or is this not such a bad idea?

(I'm not suggesting this, just running it past you all)

[scootshoot]

Anything live like Fleas is perfectly fine as wild betta's will pounce on insects in the wild, good protein! The other day found a small spider crawling around the kitchen. Caught that baby in a cup and dropped him in. Betta loved it!!

[RayneForhest]

Thank you, that's good to know.
:)

[laughing]

My bettas LOVE their fruit flies!

And I think dropping in a small piece is fine. It will dissolve, though, so I would watch him eat it. You can't just swallow it, they peck on them instead. So if most dissolves, do a water change soon after (like within a day).

[carzz]

your live fruit flies, where do you buy them?
And strange.... SOmehow, Gnats always fly into kalifa's tank, and she never eats them....

[Tisia]

Originally Posted by SashimiBetta

Well, I do have frozen bloodworms...Except I only feed them bloodworms on Sundays. Because I heard that Bloodworms are just a treat and aren't food FOOD. They are more like junk food for fish.

frozen stuff you can feed regularly, it's freeze dried that you should only do once a week

[carzz]

Originally Posted by Tisia

frozen stuff you can feed regularly, it's freeze dried that you should only do once a week

I feed mine freeze dried more then once a week. like every otherday, but that's not their entire meal.