What exactly do you mean having trouble? Are they too big? What type of pellets are you using?? I know some out there are ridiculously big! The 2 smallest ones I've found are Hikari Betta Bio-Gold and Topfin Color enhancing betta pellets, the topfin can even be eaten by the really tiny females petstores sometimes sell!
I mean that he eats it then he spits it out.I do use Hikari betta bio-gold I haven't tried the Topfin ones.Could he just be picky? No I don't presoak them.
you need to soak them for around 30 seconds in a small cup of tank water. (some people use garlic juice.) Phin (R.I.P) and Seuss would both do the same thing yours does, and then i found out you have to soak them. now seuss eats them just fine, though some of the bigger ones he carries around the tank in his mouth for a little bit. : )
I do use pellets.He's not sick because he's swiming like crazy and he made a giant bubblenest. That he's STILL working on so I really don't think he's sick.
My betta wouldn't eat for the first couple days when I first got him, only spit out the pellets, then when he did eat he would spit them out about 5 times before eating them. Now he eats them on the first "try". He might be trying to soften the pellets up and then loses interest in them, or maybe he doesn't like them. You should probably try soaking your pellets like everyone else has said.
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