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	Feeding beta food to tropical fish
Gills Hobbyist Posts: 53 Kudos: 41 Votes: 0 Registered: 06-May-2004	Can you feed beta food to tropical fish? An does this have any benefits or draw backs?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:55
Julia Fingerling Posts: 26 Kudos: 36 Votes: 0 Registered: 31-Jul-2004	I used to have a betta, and I ahd special food for him. When I moved him into my 10 gallon. I finished off the betta food and fed it to the community for bout a week. There was no change at all in the other fish. (Swords, mollies, neon tetras) But then again, my fish aren't all that tropical. [span class="edited"][Edited by Julia 2004-08-14 16:29][/span]
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:55
Graphite Fingerling Posts: 45 Kudos: 34 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-Jul-2004	I fed my cichlid food to my danios and cories.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:55
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	betta food will more than likely be higher in protien than standard tropical foods. Keep this in mind and supplement the diet withplenty of algae bits or veggie matter. that being said, i feed betta food. For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:55
T/A Mega Fish Posts: 942 Kudos: 1796 Registered: 20-Feb-2004	It doesn't hurt any, as long as you feed other types of food as well. Of course, that is with any food, not just betta food.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:55
Ferox Enthusiast Posts: 219 Kudos: 187 Votes: 28 Registered: 19-Dec-2003	What about if you were feeding some of it to gourami? I suppose it's ok though. <Vet in Training> Blog under development: http://www.nearlydrferox.blogging4life.com/
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:55
MaloK Fish Addict Posts: 752 Kudos: 233 Votes: 0 Registered: 09-Dec-2001	i feed cichlid food to my goldfish
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:55
princessinabsentia Hobbyist Posts: 135 Kudos: 81 Votes: 0 Registered: 06-Aug-2004	fish will eat about anything, and i have always had betta food as part of my feeding routine. along swith flakes and worms. the fish seem to like it and i highly doubt it hurts them. the only reason i do this is becuase i had a betta in my tank and fed him "his" food, and all the other fish at that and he wwent after the flakes.... go figure me
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:55


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