kymoto

I have been conditioning my tap water with a product called Nutrafin Aquaplus. Haven't been back to the pet store for this product prime (yet) but I'll check into that this weekend. I preformed a 25% water change last night.
In response to over feeding...I've heard the opposit is a risk. Bettas are often slow moving and outcompeted for food...guess that's one of those issues that revolves aroung your specific bettas temperment and eating habits.

COBettaCouple

Bettas are nibblers and contrary to a lot of 'information' on them, they will eat off the bottom. They'll go after algae wafers too. With their stomach being as small as their eyes, it doesn't take all that much dry food to bring on constipation. Ours kept going after the algae wafers, so we ended up having to give the corys we had to a friend.

kymoto

Wow that's especially interesting info for me as cory cats are what I had settled on to live with my betta. Do cory cats need algae wafers? I read that you don't have to feed them, because they are scavengers and will eat food pellets or flakes that sink to the bottom. I've never seen my betta eat anything that sank to the bottom with the exception of peas, so maybe he is still a good candidate for cory cat roomies?

luna

chickadee

Cories are not algae eaters. They eat shrimp pellets, carnivore wafers and other foods for carnivores. They are not like catfish that are scavengers they are bottom feeders but need to be fed their own food.

If you are looking for a scavenger then I would recommend a Clown Pleco or a couple of otocinclus catfish not Cories as they are not for that purpose.

Rose

Narcicius

sounds like your covered, I'll stop.........here.

kymoto

my betta is a pretty light eater. Now that he has more room to excersise he eats more, but still only about 6 granules. The more I learn on fish lore the more I am starting to realize that fish are individuals just like people. And these rules never apply across the board. I am still considering cory cats, even if I have to feed them separate from the betta...somehow.