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I have a quick question about how much to feed a Betta Fish. When I bought my Betta the folks at the pet store said not to over feed them (which is a newbe mistake). So I feed him 6 pellets in the morning and then about 2 or 3 freeze dried blood worms at night. He literally SNAPS up the food and will even eat off my finger. So I am wondering does he need to be feed more? What is the norm?

mine get 2-3 betta pellets 2 times a day for their basic diet. I also give them a couple of frozen bloodworms a few times a week. You definately don't want to overfeed, they can be big piggies if you let them.

Last edited by Trouble at 28-Jul-2005 09:58

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No, you don't want to feed him any more that that. I would actually cut the pellets down to three in the morning.
I feed my bettas three pellets (for each betta) both morning and evenings and reserve the freeze dried blood worms as a treat, once a week in place of the pellets -- only two or three blood worms, depending on their size.
Congradulations on your new fish.

Yes, cut down the morning pellets & try to give him a variaty of different foods.



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You have not mentioned the size of the tank for the Betta.

You will end up with one big polution problem if you over feed any fish.

Here are several topics I recently posted of feeding I might help you to understand food a litle more.

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