Betta Fish Feeding Guide

Betta Fish Feeding Guide

Giving food to Betta fish should be done carefully so as to make sure they have a long healthy life. In the wild, Betta fish feed on zooplankton, which includes crustaceans, bloodworms and other small animals or insects such as flies, or grasshoppers. Make an effort to use more than one of the choices below. It is significantly healthier for your Betta to have a good amount of variety in their diet. Even different kinds of commercial foods will help with variety.

Betta Feeding Manual - Quantity of food
When feeding Betta, be certain not to feed them too much. Adult Bettas should be fed no more than one time each day, and Betta fries should be fed two times per day. A good rule to have while dispensing food to Bettas is to dispense no more food than they can eat within two minutes. If there is still food floating around after 2-3 minutes, it is likely that it will drop to the bottom of the tank and may soon create bacteria that has the potential to hurt your Betta fish.
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Aquariums - Why Bottom Feeders Are Essential to a Healthy Fish Tank

Aquariums - Why Bottom Feeders Are Essential to a Healthy Fish Tank

Marineland Eclipse Seamless Integrated Aquarium System Twelve, 12 GallonsCleaning your aquarium can be a bit of a drag, but there's a way to make it much easier. Just hire some help. Bottom feeder fish and algae-eating snails can help you keep your aquarium much cleaner than it otherwise would be, and that's good for the health of all your fish.

Every tank should have a bottom feeder and/or an algae eater. They play a critical role in eating up food that has fallen to the bottom of the tank where your other fish can't get it to. Even goldfish can leave food behind, and actually goldfish are some of the messiest fish around. They need a bottom feeder more than other fish, even though goldfish spend most of their time picking up gravel and spitting it out, looking for food. Bottom feeders work more slowly and methodically around your tank, and they tend to hide in the corners where other fish don't go.

It is in those corners where food gets trapped and decays. That decaying food releases all sorts
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