What You Should Be Feeding Your Betta Fish

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[@theloraxandmelindaaresiblings]

What to feed betta fry???

[@bradpott5231]

Can you do a video on cuban cichlids??

[@overhealing7691]

We have a huge mosquito population here in the Philippines so I just put a bucket of water outside and just harvest the larvae for food for my bettas

[@highbrass7563]

I would do the same thing. Hella smart

[@haywardgarner4850]

I live in Georgia, USA. We have that same mosquito energy here. That’s a great idea!

[@TenorCantusFirmus]

Talking from Italy, lots of mosquitos in the Summer and I sometimes put a small water-filled recipient out on the window, waiting for larvas. Then, I can serve dinner to the fish!

[@lam4517]

Soooo lucky!

[@MissChelle]

Same here is Aus 😊🇦🇺❤️

[@HalfElfAerial]

A pillcutter from walmart is a great way to portion the cubes without having to thaw it. You can halve and even quarter the cubes and then just put the remainder either back in the package or (probably easier) into a little cup with a lid and back into the freezer to use later. I'd love to see a video like this but for advice on feeding community tanks. I always worry that by feeding one fish something, my other fish are missing what they need unless I'm feeding a ton of foods and then I worry I'm overfeeding the tank and throwing it out of wack.

[@wynja77]

I'm confused about wasting the frozen food: just pop a cube out, chop it up with a knife and put what you don't use back in a container in the freezer... Used to do it for years before I got a few more tanks and more other types of fish... now I split a cube between the tanks. I have pea puffers in one tank and they only eat frozen for me, so here's it's an every day treat. I don't think the fish in the other tanks complain much... ;) Tip: if you're going away and someone else is gonna feed for you:, chop frozen food up and put in a "pillbox" or other type of plastic box with small compartments and mark them up. Works a treat for the dry food too, that way people hopefully won't overfeed.

[@snakebbite]

i cut my cubes into 3 but i still end up wasting about 1/3 of the section :/

[@yolandasevilla5178]

With the tip of my knife I cut a small piece out of the frozen cube without taking it out of the plastic container. I never waste any.

[@johnnygee4206]

Yep, I'd use a Xacto knife to shave off what I thought I needed, then wrapped up any of the block that was left in Saran Wrap, stuck it back in the packaging, and tossed it back in the freezer. A pack lasted me forever. It had to because I wasn't interested in marrying Elon Musk.

[@jillofalltrades5216]

I do this too, I just chop one up frozen into about 4-6 pieces and throw back in a container right away in the freezer. My guy gets bloodworms, mysis shrimp and brine shrimp on rotation and the Rasboras and loaches share it.

[@johncameron4194]

Same

[@cichlid_kings]

I finally joined the Betta gang again. Well my wife and daughter did, I just take care of the tank 😂 Honestly the Betta tank is a nice break away from the aggressive 180G Pea/Hap tank. This time we are getting it right 😎 Thanks for all you do John & Lisa 🐠 💯

[@nathannuque3707]

I would love a video about giants/king betta that give info about growth, breeding, how much they grow each month, and etc... Thanks!

[@hugoweaving6275]

You can slice peice off Frozen brine shrimp cubes. I usually slice a small sliver off with a small knife and drop it in a shot glass of tank water. Then use an eye dropper to target feed my bettas ones a week. They only need a bit each. One cube can last a month.

[@paulneuman6021]

Good morning KG and everyone

[@ithewho6603]

My betta won't eat just anything. She doesn't like flakes. She likes the big flat crisps and nips on them when they start to sink. She also likes betta granulas and thawed blood worms. She generally doesn't like to eat from the surface. Her favorite is the kuhli loach pellets so I give a small bit of it to the bottom.

[@johnlasco894]

My boy Sammy loves the Extreme Krill and Bug Bites... He turns his nose up at pellets and freeze dried tubifex, but loves fd mysis shrimp...and he loves frozen blood worms....not so much anything else. I also have swordtails, platies, and ember tetras, in separate tanks, and they eat everything!

[@luisrodrigueztineo8397]

Great timing for such a great info. Thanks, Lisa (and John). Could you please talk about tips of feeding sororities effectively? In a way everyone gets the right amount of food.

[@Oulaw0009]

Great advice Lisa, thanks.

[@justinholmes4333]

Our Betta loves the Xtreme Community flakes and Freeze Dried blood worms

[@cpcrn7036]

And yes, thank you for all the helpful advice! Fish keeping is fun again!!

[@kourtneyevans8925]

I don’t know if you have shown in before, but I want to see your setup for the bowl in the back! That’s gorgeous!

[@KGTropicals]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aXS6eXxnhbJsh80 This is the link to the video that Lisa did scaping the Zen Aqua tank.

[@rayionkingu2908]

Thank you for the info

[@nayanmistry4641]

Great video Lisa, very comprehensive overview 👍. Thanks

[@littlemidwestrebornsdolls]

Great variety of foods! Thanks Lisa. 🌹

[@maryminenko3740]

I tend to cut frozen cubes into smaller pieces so then I don’t waste the excess cube or even shave bits off

[@j-art0221]

Very nice video. It really is case to case bases. And some bettas have different food preferences compared to other bettas. They are kinda picky sometimes. Unlike guppies or mollies that'll gobble up anything with gusto. That's why I keep a variety of fish food for my bettas.

[@patientno9510]

I use a combination of flakes bug flakes and brine shrimp. He is a happy happy little guy. I fast mine of Friday's.

[@theresaabshire711]

My betta is a super good eater, not picky at all. He LOVES Omega One Betta Pellets/Flakes, freeze dried blood worms, & freeze dried brine shrimp. I follow your feeding guidelines as for the amount & fast one day a week also. I will be ordering some of your Xtreme Betta Food soon ! Thanks for all the great info - Love you guys.... 😁

[@gbproductions9138]

ive just bought my first tank and have decided to get a betta and this channel has helped me ALOT 🐟

[@TheOfficialSteelReign]

To thaw or not to thaw... I kinda do both. I plop a frozen cube in a glass and let it partially thaw, but I like to feed it while the frozen core is still intact.

[@williamwood4779]

Good info and funny!

[@MrBrown-br7sh]

My betta gets live baby brine shrimp every Saturday. The added bonus is when the leftovers get fed to my silvertip tank. 😁

[@arthurtan995]

nice can we have vid about what to feed big predator fish

[@CJ23taylor-animales]

Just got some Hikari guppy Pellets for my platies because I'm gonna try to breed them soon. Wish me luck!

[@BigJeec]

I got a female Dumbo lavender color in a community tank with neons and panda corycats. I feed them sinking community micro pellets from North Fin and freeze dried blood worm that I got from the aquarium section in walmart. ( Have to be careful to pick the right stuff, plenty of food labelled for betta in there...reading the listed ingredients is a must.) I also feed frozen blood worms 2-3x times a week and because this is a community tank I don't worry all that much about waste..! I also put some of my mutt shrimps whenever I cull from the shrimps tank..some live..some don't. She isn't my first betta but one that I have kept the longuest so far..!

[@kanalzumkommentieren2169]

My betta fish lives in an 800 liter community tank and he spends most of his time in that one plant, he is swimming around the tank a bit more lately but I still feel like he gets a bit stressed out when he's crowded by the fish that are bigger than him and I'm having a hard time convincing my parents that he might be happier in a tank of his own

[@lpdb1995]

They pick territories not really roaming fish like most. They pick a roughly 20L/5gal area and claim it so its own 5g or 10 would be the ideal. Larger fish is also often a stressor. If doesn't look distressed tho probably ok.

[@kanalzumkommentieren2169]

@@lpdb1995 Well he is eating perfectly fine and likes to swimm around my hand when I put it in the tank, he just gets nervous and immediately swimms into a hiding place when he's crowded by bigger fish I guess I'll just keep looking after him

[@tashatoddman7492]

@@kanalzumkommentieren2169 it maybe him hiding from the bigger fish, but it also may be him protecting his territory in his own way. Unless he's showing signs of stress, I'd say that he's okay

[@leo2o915]

Greedo,Maul and Wade love xtreme

[@gregwilson5910]

Great Content, an honest appraisal 😊Sydney Australia

[@jonas2431]

hey I will be setting up a 20 high this week with plants and recommendations on some pretty fish thanks guys yall rock

[@AD-iz9ep]

Hope you get some more bettas in online soon!!!

[@KGTropicals]

After the big move 😊

[@blackfox1665]

i love that tank its gorgeous what plants are those the little fishbowl one

[@Lowdermoomoo]

Thankfully I have 2 goldfish that will absolutely gobble up any of the remaining frozen food cube! I’ll thaw it, use a dropper for my bettas and dump the rest in the goldfish tank on Saturdays. They LOVE IT.

[@hopehobby9297]

Really useful video for me right now 😍

[@nasedyanka5238]

I refreeze the food i feed mine and he is doing great. I simply don't let the food spoil after each time that i pull it out of the freezer

[@CazzyCat]

we have Fish-Fast-Fridays to give everybody a chance to get aligned. my Bettas love daphnia, frozen tubifex, frozen shrimp, & betta pellets. I tried the Hikari pellets and it was too big for my Bettas! 🤣 I'm going to try the Xtreme! thanks for the video!

[@amazingaquaticsandexotics3030]

Awesome video

[@susyclau7433]

I have two Bettas and when I feed them frozen blood worms I cut a little piece from a cube when it's still frozen, that way I don't waste and they last forever.

[@kausikdas9007]

My betta eats three types of pellets on rotation. Ocean nutrition betta pro pellets, hikari betta bio gold pellets and ocean nutrition formula two small pellets. Firts two oellets are high in protein and the last one contains spirulina and garlic. My betta never liked freeze dried worms, so these three pellets are the staple feed for him.

[@renitahamlett9013]

Beautiful bowl! I have 2 three gallons🙂

[@SassyHippo]

I cut the frozen cubes still frozen and put them in a weekly medicine organizer. No waste. I feed them frozen to pea puffers and thawed to other fish. Just depends on the specific fish and what they prefer.

[@hillsidesmoke7592]

I alternate micro pellets and frozen daphnia. Hope I'm doing the right thing. With the frozen food it comes in a cube so I shave off a tiny bit because 1 cube is a TON of food

[@baldbearddad]

We have four betta males... Bruce, Clyde, Deeyon and Balboa. They each have their own 30x30x30 tanks fully planted out. A couple days ago, I pulled the trigger on a female betta. Long story, but Fiona is the same color as Finn, our old Cattle Dog that passed recently. She came home with me as a loving tribute to our beloved dog. Fiona is sleek and powerful, a gorgeous brown striped body with an outrageous set of blue fins. Anyway, I am in love with her. Could you please consider doing a video specifically on owning a single female betta, any differences we should be aware of, any behavioral and health issues we should know about the girls, perhaps some info on choosing mating partners and the process involved, etc. Thanks so much and welcome to North Carolina!

[@zalialyon1853]

I have soft water from a wate2t softenet..i feed mine.frozrn shrimp, blood warms, frozen peas betts pellets n betta flakes..i put in katopa leaves..evem play with him..but wjy do the always emd up with fin rot..i do 2 water changes a month change filters on the other weeks..in a 55 gal with neons n cory cats...n it is under stocked not over fed

[@jaycarbonbuca]

Hello I'm your new subscriber her from Philippines 🥰

[@mehhhh5588]

ok from where I am, live food ain't easy to obtain and freeze ones r expensiveeeee. so pellets and dried food are what I feed them with. I have 6 different pellets to rotate around, some with pro-biotics some with garlic etc. I uses dried bloodworms as treats.

[@cjsgarage3789]

I feed my bettas Fluval Bug bites, guppy barn aquatics 1mm nano pellets, and dried duckweed!

[@Goldiebike]

You should definitely make a video about goldfish tank mates 🙌

[@dmitrimikrioukov5935]

After you thaw a cube of frozen food, you can divide it in 3 parts, put the other 2 parts on a fridge shelf and feed them to the fish in the next 2 days. It's a standard food industry rule that thawed fish meat can be kept in the fridge for around 48 hours.

[@CashewCassius]

My betta Lazuli is super picky about the size of the freeze dried bloodworms. He won't eat them if they're bigger than 1 mm.

[@richardcolligon4277]

400 Betta tank's, you need something quick. Fifty years old I just fed my frozen bloodworms right into the tank. But back then they didn't come in cube's but a solid 4oz block and you had to scrap it of or cut a little end off. My whole life I've loved the beauty of the Betta fish. But years ago the females were never as pretty as today. Your Betta fish are stunning.

[@typicallyusual6984]

I like to feed a teeny tiny bit of single ingredient sushi seaweed 2-3x a week for fiber. It’s a soft fiber that’s gentle on the stomach not like peas at all, which you DEFINITELY SHOULD NOT feed your betta. I’m sure spirulina is great as well, but it just saved me a little bit of money since we already had sushi seaweed. Also, it’s super easy to hatch just a little bit of baby brine shrimp. I can stretch one small batch over three days. It’s too much work to do it everyday but once in a while is fun.

[@MissChelle]

Great idea! We always have it in the cupboard!🇦🇺❤️

[@geraldwalker7609]

Frozen food: just chip off what you need, and keep the rest frozen in the packet.

[@karendaly4218]

Do you soak pellets ?

[@redbeardeddragon3405]

Hey John and Lisa I hope you enjoy your new home 😎🐲

[@tangcheesum5418]

The most easiest fish to keep, they are not choosy eaters. I sometimes feed them mosquitoes, ants, ant eggs, small worms, fish food.

[@taryndeclyn1474]

I have been a marine aquarist for last 18 years and am making a huge jump over to freshwater. I am setting up a 650 gallon display. It is already drilled so there will be a 100 gallon sump as well. I would love you advice. Stocking….I have the chance to get two 12-14” rays (black Pearl and black diamond) as well as a 12” albino arowana and black ghost knife from a guy who needs to rehome them. I also love oscars and would love a shoal in the tank. Possibly some severums, green terror, etc. I think this would be ok….sound reasonable to you? Also water movement in salt is critical and very high. Naturally freshwater fish tend to be in much calmer water….what in tank flow rate would be ideal for such sticking? 3,5,10x turnover?? I devouring your content and really enjoy your approach!!

[@amandakazmark9107]

I lost my betta yesterday. Is there anything that I should know before putting another betta in there? I’ve emptied my tank, gravel is soaking and rinsing stuff out. I’m not sure what I need to do next!

[@jengoodwine]

I slice of a chunk of the cube and put the rest back in the freezer.

[@MichelleLauren6966]

question, I've had my betta for a while and I feed him frozen brine Hikari dried brine, Hikari dried bloodworms, bug bite flakes, but I recently bought pellets that I've never used. I bought ultra pro BETTA PRO shrimp patties, and they are TINY. Any idea how many I should give? I tried 5 and he seems like he wants more but I don't want to overdo it?

[@joeluisishere]

Frozen blood warms become expensive especially if you have 1 betta most it goes to waste. Pellets are easier flakes can cloud up your water. Live food can be dangerous if they have bacteria

[@_.toothless04._55]

I already give to my Casper (my very very first Betta) varied food! He's such a funny fish to watch and he's so cute! P.S. Lisa finally convinced me to get a Betta 🤭

[@MissChelle]

My betta is called Casper too 😀🇦🇺❤️

[@gazup3183]

Can you please make a how to breed betta video please!!!!!! KG

[@MasterBlakeYT]

I have a 29 gallon, but I have Guppies and Corydoras! And I love the Cory’s! I just find it difficult to feed them, because when I drop in a catfish pellet, the guppies just steal them! Like it will hit the bottom, but as soon as the catfish find it, and start eating it. The guppies will just push their way in, and steal it as theirs. And I’m scared the cats aren’t getting enough food. Any advice on that?

[@saraheverett9040]

Thanks for this. I am trying to find another food for my 2 Bette and others. I have stuff they just won't eat it.

[@lotsaringwear2937]

We give our Betta 'Dreidel' 1 Betta pellet 3 times a day. We change his water 2 times a week. Dreidel has been a valued member of our family since December 2020.

[@whateverwhenever_9987]

Hey I took on a betta, my first one and am trying to repair his torn fins. What do you recommend?

[@tinytank4295]

I have a 20 gallon tank and saw I could have 1 betta and about 10 neon tetras but the betta is eating the tetras about 1 every 3 days

[@mkfever2005]

I cut out little bit enough to feed them and frozen unuse one

[@alexisjonscher9016]

Is that white betta yours if so where did you get the decorations at for the bettas tank?

[@briandugas1648]

My Betta eats pellets (he will NOT eat flakes). He loves blood worms. He even eats the algae wafer bits I put in for my snail. I tried tiny freeze dried shrimp but they were a bit much for him.

[@enigma533]

Are live tubex worms and blood worms good for bettas?

[@RuthCven]

I want to have a fish store when I grow up. Any tips?

[@bradpott5231]

Can you do a video on cuban cichlids?? 😍😍

[@brandonsledge6422]

How do you feed all your Betta though that you sell

[@alinafischbach]

My first Betta, a colorful Koi Plakat, moved into my aquarium two days ago. 🙂He is a picky eater, but not as I expected. He really likes pellets, as long as they are big enough for him to see (for example Dennerle Betta Booster and Hikari Betta bio gold). He doesn't eat frozen red and black mosquito larvae. He also ignores white mosquito larvae and adult Artemia from StreamBiz (which are in a preservative solution). The fish in my other tank eat all the food, so it hasn't gone bad. Is it common for Bettas not to eat frozen food? 🤔My pet store is getting fresh live food in two days. I'm going to buy a pack of live red mosquito larvae and I'm curious to see if he will eat them. 😂

[@Jeepee474]

I need to know fast does a tank heater melt a plastic tank because my glass tank is dirty and can’t clean it until a few days and I only have a plastic tank and I need the heater for my glofish you can just answer my question by responding

[@Roxyseven07]

Any advice on how much frozen bloodworm a single betta should eat?

[@matthewvang1305]

I’ve been refreezing my frozen bloodworm packets after each feed, but I make sure to feed within a 5-7 minute period for 8 fishes, and they all still look fantastic and very active. Me in my opinion refreezing frozen foods is okay, but go base off of your best judgements

[@frankcapel4557]

Team kg tropicals Lisa awesome video love the channel keep up the great work, video everything love the content and especially the new place updates 🇨🇦🐠🐠🐬🦈

[@cpcrn7036]

I had a blue one that lasted nearly 6 years, Fernando. I tried to help a sick pink one, Julio, but he got too ripped by another Betta that someone else kept in a divided tank (vase, really) which he jumped over the barrier. ( dumb dumb) Then, I had Rico for only 2 1/2 years because I listened to too many people shouting from the cheap seats "armchair experts" because I thought Fernando was such a rarity. But that's the norm, 5 years plus! Now I've got a great lil purple guy not named yet. Got the tannins, great lil pirate ship to hide in, live plants, safe surfaces, good temp, bubbler, filter, 10 gallon tank, Betta pellets ( he loves them). I need a new name. He has 3 nerite snail friends, but he ate the 3 cardinal tetras I had. Any name suggestions?

[@michellecreasey1335]

I just save a betta from a shop his fin was getting stuck in the filter its really damaged how can I help him heal he Is in with my shrimp

[@IsabelleHalverson]

I love what she wa stalking about but I could pay attention too was that poor Betta in that small bowl swimming in circles

[@KGTropicals]

Calm down, it's a 5 gallon bowl with a heater and filter.

[@jmcastaneda1974]

the question is, can I feed a betta any of the following food I already have: Formula Two Sinking pellets, GLOfish Flake food, and New Life Spectrum UltraRed pellets? or do I need actual betta food?

[@ibrahimwadood5995]

I feed my betta a very variable diet He's spoiled with earthworms, chicken(earthworm size), fish(earthworm sized), earthworms and crushed chichlid pellets i usually feed the fish and chicken yo my catfish So i just take a small piece off of it and feed it to him

[@imLuve]

i never understand why people dont just cut pieces off of the cubes to thaw instead of thawing a whole cube at once which they obviously wont eat all of.

[@arthurtan995]

also try a crab vid

[@andrewbarnhurst6436]

Just need an opinion or two, I have a medium sized Comb Tail, we are planning to add Java Fern and Annubius to his 5 gallon, but my wife wants to add some Rummy Nose, anyone have opinions on how many we could/should add? If any at all...

[@amywong3234]

Rummynose tetras should be fine as they're peaceful and schooling. Protection in numbers if your betta decides to attack, but they move way too fast for a betta to catch them anyways. A small school should be fine.

[@gavynrockburn1278]

I would re-freeze my frozen food & to me I never saw a difference in how the fish acted or their growth

[@naegwut]

If I lived closer, I'd help you move all of your houseplants!!!!

[@amazingaquaticsandexotics3030]

An important piece of info is that all fish are individuals who prefer different foods and different shapes. My two bettas ( ivory and ember ) have completely different feeds. Ivory only wants to eat two brands of flake ( aquacare tropical flakes with mealworm and aquacare vegetable flakes ) but he rejects frozen food and pellets. Ember primarily eats tetra micro granules and fluval bug bites with the occasional blanched cucumber. I'm going to have to wait and see what my future bettas like and dislike

[@Laura-ed5kf]

Solution to too much frozen food: more tanks. 😂 Outside of protein-heavy fish, can you discuss produce-aisle options as supplements, NOT staple? My goldfish eat all sorts of things OUTside the commercial-staple; what do you use?

[@meneergroeneveld]

What about a very little raw piece of your steak instead of live food? And what about other meat, like salmon or chicken? And what about a very little piece of very young cheese? I don't know if it's good for them but they sure love it!

[@allye9865]

My betta will not eat flakes. Silly water puppy

[@skiboy4358]

I know this has nothing to do with beta fish but is it normal for my tap water to be around 5 to 5.5 ??someone help 😁😁

[@skiboy4358]

Anyone

[@CJ23taylor-animales]

Ph?

[@CJ23taylor-animales]

If it's pH than it's a little low but not enough to effect you fish that much

[@Dreamzz101]

I just chop the frozen cubes in half or smaller still frozen .. no waste at all

[@siesiechampion]

That tank is TO SMALL for ANYTHING behind you..

[@KGTropicals]

Lol, it's a 5 gallon bowl. Not even close to being too small for a Betta. Nice try though.