Jaide Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 I generally feed mine bloodworms, brine shrimp and sometimes red flake - they seem fussy though so would like some suggestions on what else to feed them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 microworms, bbs, some crumbly mix (can't remember what its called and its too hot today to walk out to the shed to look), bloodworms (not often though), and once in a blue moon, flakes. They also quite like the algae discs I throw to the bn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish_fingers Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 I generally feed mine bloodworms, brine shrimp and sometimes red flake - they seem fussy though so would like some suggestions on what else to feed them. Might I suggest caution with bloodworms as it can contribute towards dropsy in fighters, among other things. Mine love decap shrimp and Tetramin Pro crisp, and they get bloodworms sometimes. The fishstores have specific Betta food but never used so have no idea what it's like? Cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLB Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 I put a mixture of flake, spirulina flake, broken spirulina tabs, Cichlid pellets and NLS Community pellets in a pepper grinder. I give them bloodworms about once a fortnight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GBoyd Posted January 2, 2009 Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 White worms, daphnia and flake. Microworms and green water for the fry. Fighters love food that moves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaide Posted January 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2009 Might I suggest caution with bloodworms as it can contribute towards dropsy in fighters, among other things. Mine love decap shrimp and Tetramin Pro crisp, and they get bloodworms sometimes. The fishstores have specific Betta food but never used so have no idea what it's like? Cheers. Well that's just it, they don't seem to eat anything else - I tried microworms but they're not interested. I also tried bettamin but they don't like that either. Crisps are too big for their mouths and they don't eat it and I don't know what decap shrimp are. They don't seem to like daphnia either. @ Adodge - what is bbs? @ Mark, I remember your suggestion from before, I must give that a go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 baby brine shrimp - live food Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enzoom1 Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Discus granules, mosquito larvae and sometimes flake (but he's never really liked his flake...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 mine like spirulina flake, but apart from that they get marine flakes, tetra min pro, and colour bits (all tetra brand) and blood worms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jfishfanatic Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Also mine, like freeze dried bloodworms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink_fish Posted January 3, 2009 Report Share Posted January 3, 2009 Mine eat ANYTHING – staple are various flake and pelleted foods (BettaMin, NovoBel, NovoTab, Shrimp Pellets, SpectraMax), supplements are cooked peas, cucumber/courgette, spirulina tablets (all put in for the BN, but my fighters eat them all too). Once a week they get daphnia (currently mixed with mozzie larvae), and maybe once a fortnight, bloodworms; less often they get a few microworms. The only 'fussy' fighters I've had gave up being fussy after a few days after they discovered what the regime was at my place, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsarmina Posted January 6, 2009 Report Share Posted January 6, 2009 mine eat standard flake food, with the occasional treat of bloodworms, mozzie larvae, tubifex worms, daphnia. my fish learn that if they are going to be fussy, they;re going to be hungry! even my clown knife and black ghost knife fish will eat flake now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axolotl-danio Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Mine have Nutrafin Max betta flake as a staple but they get bloodworms and other foods as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishbreeder Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 will fighters eat peas and cucumber?? do i have to peel the pea? and cook the cucumber and peel that?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diver21 Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 not shure about if you have to peal the pea but i allways do, its not hard, just defrost it under warm water and give it a squeese, i normally break it up a little in the tank to make it easier for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron-Betta Posted April 17, 2009 Report Share Posted April 17, 2009 Mine used to like crushed trout pellets I dont know why. They would leave it till it had soaked with water and soft before they ate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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