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Post by mickey on Jul 18, 2003 1:32:27 GMT -5
i feed mostly live bloodworms (for 48 total bettas about 4 ounces a week) i also give frozen bloodworms once a day and mix that with the frozen mosqutio larva at a ratio of 6 cubes of frozen bloodworms to 3 cubes of larva ... i have just started useing the larva and the guys and gals really suck them down .... i also feed some mixed flake and pellet foods tho they dont really care for that as much as the live or frozen ...
i am aslo in the process of makeing my own food useing beef heart and salmon eggs but havent started them on this yet .... Mickey
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shadyboy51691
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will the real shady boy please stand up?
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Post by shadyboy51691 on Jul 18, 2003 19:07:13 GMT -5
i feed mine pelets  |
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Megan
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Post by Megan on Jul 19, 2003 11:45:46 GMT -5
I feed pellets in the morning (Hikari Betta Bio-Gold, Cichlid Bio-Gold, New Life Spectrum, or OSI Tropical pellets) than at night I feed either frozen mosquitoe larvae, frozen bloodworms, frozen brine shrimp, or freeze dried daphnia. I also occasionally feed live brine shrimp, fruit flies, or white worms.
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shadow
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Post by shadow on Jul 20, 2003 14:56:30 GMT -5
Your making all my bettas druel from all the tastesy and yummy food your feeding your bettas!  |
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AmberD
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Post by AmberD on Jul 20, 2003 19:34:20 GMT -5
Boys regularly get Hiarki Bio-Gold, Girls regularly get HBH Betta Bites. They each get the other now and then, though. Also included in their feeding routines are Marineland Bio Blend betta pellets, Freeze Dried Bloodworms, Freeze Dried Daphnia, and Freeze Dried shrimp. Yum yum Amber |
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Post by BettaBGood on Jul 21, 2003 8:32:02 GMT -5
Hikari Bio Gold for all but one guy & one gal, who are very picky & only nibble at Tetra Betta Min.
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MrsSmitty
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Beaker, Narya, Earendil, Glingal, Shmendrick, Kuni, Mirage, Jade, and Sam!
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Post by MrsSmitty on Jul 21, 2003 9:01:42 GMT -5
Mine get Nutrafin Max flake in the morning (not very commonly used, but really boosts color!). Flake food tends to let them eat more volume, but get less actual food then pellets, so it's good for the hogs in the family. Yes, Beaker, I mean you! What is this picky fish of which you speak, BettaBeGood? Wanna trade? lol
Evenings I feed BioGold, with maybe some of my frog's bloodworms once in a blue moon.
I'm really interested to learn more about Mickey's food ideas! Sounds a bit dear for my own personal use, but still fascinating!
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Post by BettaBGood on Jul 21, 2003 9:31:15 GMT -5
MrsSmitty, My picky eaters  are Albus, who at one time was eating BioGold - but one day, he just started spitting it back out (but not acting sick or anyting). He would even go after the same piece a few times, blow it back out, & then ignore it altogether. I tried the BettaMin, because it's smaller & he eats it, but not as enthusiastically. Betty just turns her nose up at everything. She eats BettaMin, although, not much of it. Their individual eating habits are so funny! I have three "polite" eaters, many who "dance for their meals," a couple of jumpers, some who attack their pellets like it's live prey, etc... Any of them would "nip the hand that feeds them," if I gave them the chance... |
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Post by jedicat on Aug 8, 2003 4:14:15 GMT -5
mine get mostly betta bites and bio-gold, but they also eat freeze-dried bloodworms once a week or so, and i just tried live brine shrimp tonight...they had so much fun chasing the little guys around and munching on them!
wedge refused to eat bio-gold for a while, or would spit them out right away. then he finally came around, and gobbles them up.
i'm considering freeze-dried tubifex worms...i have a little container of them, but haven't fed them, but i haven't been able to find out if they carry parasites.
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lilstar
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Post by lilstar on Aug 8, 2003 6:57:04 GMT -5
Hey Amber,
Why do the boys and girls get separate types of food?
My two have been eating Hikari Betta Bio Gold for breakfast and HBH Betta Bites for dinner. I'd like to try some of the stuff that Megan reccommended also, in the other threat about color enhancing food.
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Post by supersixone on Aug 8, 2003 15:28:17 GMT -5
i have wardleys betta pellets, and betta bio gold for my boys...Squishy gets alternately one or the other when i give him pellets, but Pudge is too small to eat the wardley's pellets. until recently, i even had to crush the bio gold for him to be able to eat it.
i also have (all freeze dried) bloodworms, brine shrimp, and daphnia for them. they get something freezedried once a day or once every other day, alternating foods. i hesitate to feed them live or frozen food, because of the possible parasites. i've thought about raising mosquito larvae for them, but with the recent coverage in the news about mosquito borne illnesses, im afraid to risk making both my fishies and myself sick by encouraging mosquito breeding.
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Megan
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Post by Megan on Aug 8, 2003 19:23:29 GMT -5
Jedicat,
Out of all the worms, tubifex can carry the most parasites. They probably wouldn't carry parasites if they are freeze dried, the freeze drying process kills most of the bacteria and parasites on them, but if you want to be really careful I would suggest staying away from them. You could try freeze dried daphnia or brine shrimp instead. Be careful not to overfeed with the brine shrimp, as it can cause bloating very easily.
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Post by bettabrat on Aug 8, 2003 21:52:04 GMT -5
I'm lucky that my three boys like the Hikari bio-gold pellets. They get those twice a day, and every other day each gets one freeze dried bloodworm. They take these from our fingers. My son's betta jumps out of the water to attack his treat.  Tomorrow I'm going to try the frozen brine shrimp that's left over from our african dwarf frogs that are no longer with us.  Edited: Okay, so I tried the frozen brine shrimp, and all three HATED them...  I want to give them more of an variety in their diet, so i guess I'll try frozen bloodworms or something....I hope I don't have to go to LIVE food. |
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Post by Tori84 on Aug 8, 2003 22:32:36 GMT -5
I tried feeding them flakes at first, but they would barely touch them. I feed them betta pellets now and they really seem to like those.
***edited because I can't spell...***
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Post by mickey on Aug 9, 2003 7:48:53 GMT -5
MrsSmitty
check out the topic i posted here on non urgent titled ... unusual meds and foods ..... it explaine my feeding and also has alot or rambling on meds and treatments that i have used or read about .... the link i just posted should take you over to TBO and to the message ..also read the posts under the one i did over there Ana added a treatment i hadnt tried but should be alot of help to others .... Mickey
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are Albus, who at one time was eating BioGold - but one day, he just started spitting it back out (but not acting sick or anyting). He would even go after the same piece a few times, blow it back out, & then ignore it altogether. I tried the BettaMin, because it's smaller & he eats it, but not as enthusiastically. Betty just turns her nose up at everything. She eats BettaMin, although, not much of it.
Tomorrow I'm going to try the frozen brine shrimp that's left over from our african dwarf frogs that are no longer with us. 
I want to give them more of an variety in their diet, so i guess I'll try frozen bloodworms or something....I hope I don't have to go to LIVE food. 