what do you feed your bettas

hanapaa · 05-08-2002, 06:55 AM

i currently have 5 bettas
4 common
1 split tail

im currently feeding them hikari frozen bloodworms
what do you recomend i feed them?
is there anything that can bring out the color more?

btw: im looking for a HM and crowntail
thanks

yellow tang · 05-08-2002, 08:45 AM

my 3 year old daughter feed her betta with small pcs of pear

zhiz22 · 05-08-2002, 10:27 AM

are you from singapore?

anyway hikari frozen worms would do fine. you may want to try pellets or flakes, or frozen brineshrimp but once they tasted frozen bloodworms they dun like to eat other stuff...

hanapaa · 05-08-2002, 11:28 AM

thanks
i tried hikari pellets, betta flakes, etc
and they didnt like them at all. when i feed them the bloodworms they ate like there was no tomarrow.

is there anything i could feed them to enhance their color?

btw: im from hawaii

zhiz22 · 05-08-2002, 03:12 PM

basically if they have almond leaves in their tank, giving them the soft acidic water or blackwater they tend to really blossom. but they are would really simply show their true color by normal feeding and regular flaring. flaring is when the color all comes out.

SanJi · 05-08-2002, 06:15 PM

where to find almond leaves? can use balckwater extract for replacement???

tltan · 05-08-2002, 06:46 PM

Hi, i think black water extract works as well as the real thing. Just buy a bottle and save going to pick up leaves lah. But all the "unknown" properties of the real ketapang leaves eg. medicinal etc. cannot be mimicked by blackwater extract.

However, the adding of blackwater extract did calm down one of the bettas which i recently brought in and made it blow lotsa bubbles. So give it a try...i used tetra blackwater extract. because i bought and never used bfore so decided to try it out.

Normal feeding would do fine for these fishes. bloodworms.

zhiz22 · 06-08-2002, 08:35 AM

has anyone got any results of spawn after using blackwater to induce spawning?

what is the result of your fries? any abnormality?

SanJi · 06-08-2002, 01:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by tltan
Hi, i think black water extract works as well as the real thing. Just buy a bottle and save going to pick up leaves lah. But all the "unknown" properties of the real ketapang leaves eg. medicinal etc. cannot be mimicked by blackwater extract.

However, the adding of blackwater extract did calm down one of the bettas which i recently brought in and made it blow lotsa bubbles. So give it a try...i used tetra blackwater extract. because i bought and never used bfore so decided to try it out.

Normal feeding would do fine for these fishes. bloodworms.

thank you. well i know nuts about Bettas.
do you mean the more bubbles they blow the better? why?

what is the mex. lifespan of one Betta?

BettaRascal · 06-08-2002, 01:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by zhiz22
has anyone got any results of spawn after using blackwater to induce spawning?

what is the result of your fries? any abnormality?

whole spawn ventraless

05-08-2002, 06:55 AM	#1
hanapaa Regular Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 64 Rep Power: 0 Reputation: 10	what do you feed your bettas i currently have 5 bettas 4 common 1 split tail im currently feeding them hikari frozen bloodworms what do you recomend i feed them? is there anything that can bring out the color more? btw: im looking for a HM and crowntail thanks

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hanapaa Regular Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 64 Rep Power: 0 Reputation: 10	thanks i tried hikari pellets, betta flakes, etc and they didnt like them at all. when i feed them the bloodworms they ate like there was no tomarrow. is there anything i could feed them to enhance their color? btw: im from hawaii Last edited by hanapaa; 05-08-2002 at 11:31 AM.

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05-08-2002, 08:45 AM	#2
yellow tang Banned Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 42 Rep Power: 0 Reputation: -2	my 3 year old daughter feed her betta with small pcs of pear

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zhiz22 Endangered Dragon Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,064 Rep Power: 5 Reputation: 1127	are you from singapore? anyway hikari frozen worms would do fine. you may want to try pellets or flakes, or frozen brineshrimp but once they tasted frozen bloodworms they dun like to eat other stuff...

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zhiz22 Endangered Dragon Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,064 Rep Power: 5 Reputation: 1127	basically if they have almond leaves in their tank, giving them the soft acidic water or blackwater they tend to really blossom. but they are would really simply show their true color by normal feeding and regular flaring. flaring is when the color all comes out.

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SanJi Scleropages Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 527 Rep Power: 0 Reputation: 10	where to find almond leaves? can use balckwater extract for replacement???

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tltan Scleropages Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 981 Rep Power: 0 Reputation: 10	Hi, i think black water extract works as well as the real thing. Just buy a bottle and save going to pick up leaves lah. But all the "unknown" properties of the real ketapang leaves eg. medicinal etc. cannot be mimicked by blackwater extract. However, the adding of blackwater extract did calm down one of the bettas which i recently brought in and made it blow lotsa bubbles. So give it a try...i used tetra blackwater extract. because i bought and never used bfore so decided to try it out. Normal feeding would do fine for these fishes. bloodworms.

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zhiz22 Endangered Dragon Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 10,064 Rep Power: 5 Reputation: 1127	has anyone got any results of spawn after using blackwater to induce spawning? what is the result of your fries? any abnormality?

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