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cocoa_pleco
05-05-2007, 01:35 AM
a week ago, i thought my betta looked a tiny bit pudgy, so i quit feeding him pellets for a few days. I found out why- he will eat ANY of the regular fishes foods. Flakes, frozen krill, pellets, bloodworm, you name it.

Do they just adapt to the food, or is he a piggy?
gm72
05-05-2007, 01:55 AM
It has been my experience that they will indeed eat anything. My daughter's betta eats the same thing as the other tanks do--combination of bloodworms, spirulina, and OSI tropical flakes. He might be a piggy, too though!
cocoa_pleco
05-05-2007, 02:05 AM
by 2008 hes gonna look like the GoodYear blimp at the rate hes at
Rue
05-05-2007, 02:13 AM
Mr. Plakat eats anything...flakes, betta bits, tropical crumbles...

...algae wafers...
cocoa_pleco
05-05-2007, 02:28 AM
algae wafers? lol
Rue
05-05-2007, 02:36 AM
He eats with the snails...
cocoa_pleco
05-05-2007, 02:41 AM
lol, thats one crazy betta!

At least he eats his greens
Tails
05-16-2007, 12:34 PM
My guy always look hungry...which makes me feel bad, but I dont want to overfeed him lolol
riverfish81
05-16-2007, 01:24 PM
Mine's a piggy too, he will eat anything. At least we know they're healthy:19: A betta that's a piggy is a healthy betta :thumb:
roulfi004
05-16-2007, 07:45 PM
My betta is mostly carnivorous, which is quite normal. SO any meat food will usually work

But he never touches Flakes or Algae Wafers! He seems to like the shrimp pellets or dried shrimp

Fun thing about bettas is they have a personality. Mine will come greet me whenever i come close... probably he just wants food tho :P
Rue
05-16-2007, 11:25 PM
Here's Mr. Plakat hanging out, eating algae wafers with the snails...

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q152/Rue_album/PlakatSnailsEat.jpg

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q152/Rue_album/PlakatSnails-1.jpg
Willyleigh
05-17-2007, 11:02 AM
Nice plakat, and nice pic.

I think that they do adapt to foods, when my betta was in his own 7 gal tank he would barely eat, he only ate the red sinking pellets, after adding some Endleri guppy he now eats anything i put in and if I lift the lid and stand over the tank he jumps out of the water to try and get food from me!
cocoa_pleco
05-17-2007, 01:36 PM
lol, the betta in my planted tank is going crazy. If i put in flakes, he goes right beside the angels and steals flakes from them.