How Much Bettas Eat
Do Not Overfeed Betta Fish
Bettas will not eat what they can in 1-2 minutes - no; they'll eat what you can give them in 1-2 minutes. Or in other words, they will swallow themselves. Whatever amount of food you give a betta fish, they'll shove it into their pie-hole. Unfortunately they only have a stomach the size of one eye.
And that is where the problems begin to rise.
After a steady gluttonous diet your little fish will be not only be living in water fouled by food waste. He'll also start having diseases. Some of the leading diseases from overeating are Swim bladder disease, and constipation.
Why do bettas overeat if given the chance?
That's simple really - betta fish are carnivores, or meat eaters. They are used to eating what they catch. That also means there will be times they don't catch anything. In the wild betta fish can go long periods of time without meals. So, when they finally do find some meal - they eat all they can (because they can't know when the next time will come).
You should know not to overfeed betta fish - no matter how much they beg. And I hope to share this information so you can learn how to become a true betta lover. Del.icio.us Digg it Reddit Yahoo MyWeb Google Bookmarks StumbleUpon
posted by Kelly Wright at 3:16 AM
2 Comments:
HI, I brought my granddaughter a Betta fish over 2mths ago, I've noticed in the past week and half he has no interest in eating the betta pellets so, I went today and brought the frozen blood worms again he's showing no interest. I do know no more than the size of his little eye ball, so we're not overfeeding? He looks fine, swimming and making his bubbles, by the way I'm assuming he's in his wild by making bubbles is this the reason he's not eating?
Blowing bubbles is a good sign, shows that the betta fish is healthy.
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