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Post by dunderhi on Mar 29, 2004 10:58:42 GMT -5
I got my betta from wal-mart 1 week ago. i have tried to feed it everything and it just chews it a little and spits it back out. i have tried bettamin, aquarian betta pellets, betta bio-gold, tetra freeze dried blood worms and just today daphnia. i have him in a 1 gallon tank with air pump, 2 fake plants (trying to grow real ones) and try to keep water above 72.
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Post by ACKislander on Mar 29, 2004 11:19:17 GMT -5
It can take a betta awhile to adjust to his new home and not eating for the first week or more is vary common. Part of the problem is the stress of moving and another part is that they have only been fed live or frozen foods by their breeders. Dry foods don't have the same smell or taste as what they're used to so they poo-poo it. Daphnia is a great way to temp a finicky betta. Maybe if you stick with just that for a few days, he'll go for it. Sometimes it takes several days of trying just one type of food before he takes it. Even when I switched to blood-worms in gel (which most betta's love) it took them about 3 days before they realized it was the best thing they ever tasted.
You didn't say if the Daphnia was live, frozen or freeze dried. I find that they tend to gravitate toward frozen or live because they are closest to their natural diet, and they taste great. (Though, I wouldn't know) After that, my next choice would be the freeze dried because they still have the smell of natural food, though lack the moisture. The pellets are a well balanced meal but are mostly fillers like wheat meal, soybean meal, oatmeal, and brown rice.
It sounds like you've offered him a lot of choices, which is great. A variety of foods is wonderful for your betta. Stick with it, he'll come around.
Just one thing to add. Sometimes other things will cause a betta to not eat... Like illness, poor water quality or low temperatures. Make sure you've checked your water and betta for other things that could cause his lack of appetite. He should have no ammonia, or nitrites in the water, a stable pH and a stable temperature somewhere between 76 and 80F.
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