Food Brands - Advice?

[thradia]

I'm still fairly new to the board, so forgive me if this has been posted before.

It's been a couple years since I've be able to have a Betta again. Where we lived before was very north and remote and I wasn't able to have one.

Anyway, my husband bought me one last week and along with it some pellets. I have never heard of the brand before, and I think he bought some cheap ones. They are called Top Fin Betta Bits.

Pout (my little betta) doesn't seem to mind them, but they do not float at all. They sink the instant that they touch the water and he doesn't seem to like that. A lot is wasted because, even though I am feeding him one at a time, he can't catch them quick enough.

I can not remember what brand I used to use, but they always floated for quite a while before sinking.

Can you recommend to me some good brands of food?? Also, I'd like to buy one other type of food for him, possibly freezed dried blood worms, do you have any recommendation for those as well?

Poor little Pout is not impressed that he has to chase his food halfway down the tank! ;D

[wallflwrxx]

You will get lots of different opinions about what kind of food to use, I can just tell you what I use. If you look through older threads & particularly freebies, you can see the types of food other people use - that might help?

As for pellets, I used Hikari Betta Bio-Gold, and they will float for a bit if dry. However, you may find that you will have to soak a pellet so a betta eats it more quickly. In general, the more protein and less ash content a pellet has, the better. Your betta may also prefer a certain pellet size.

As for freeze-dried foods, I use Hikari freeze-dried bloodworms and my bettas will gladly accept that.

In the end, it all depends on your betta - they can be really snobby when it comes to food.

[Rachel]

A particular pellet that works well for bettas is Aquarian Betta Food. They float and are smaller in size than Hikari Bio-Gold or Wardleys pellets.

[ilovefishstick]

For pellets I use Betta Bites. They seem to float in the water for a long time, but you can't just drop them in, you have to sort of "set" them down on the water, or else they will sink.

[ickyfishywishy]

because betta food is unknown here in lebanon, i use discus food, ((NUTRAFIN, FLOATING MORSALS)) and i soak them in water for a minute and they r wet and mushy and one pellet is enough for one meal, its ingredients are full of nutrition, and my bettas love it