Betta won't eat bloodworms......

I tried several times with the freeze dried variety ( San Francisco Bay Brand )

I am too creeped out about getting live ones so that's definitely NOT an option.....

What else can they eat?
I have been giving him the Top Fin Betta Bits and he seems to love those..... I feel like he's missing something in his diet although he eats fine every day.....

Suggestions?

Thanks!

Junne

 

Hello!

Mysis.
Daphnia.
Brine shrimp.
Blackworms.
Mosquitos that you swat at and are almost dead. Just drop 'em in there. (as long as you haven't sprayed them with pesticide!)

 

cant they get a diseases form live mosquitos?

brine shrimp.. have they actually tried to swallow a blood worm? mine wouldnt eat brine shrimp at first they would just look at it but with enough coaxing from me and now they love em.

 

Hello!

Mysis.
Daphnia.
Brine shrimp.
Blackworms.
Mosquitos that you swat at and are almost dead. Just drop 'em in there. (as long as you haven't sprayed them with pesticide!)

Okay... do these all come in "freeze-dried" form because if not, NO WAY! LOL
Oh and mosquitos - we don't get em in our neck of the woods! <---- well not many anyway.....

Nothing, LIVE please!!!! I had enough trouble feeding mice/rats to snakes let alone the prospect of creepy crawly larvae looking things!!!!!

 

Nothing, LIVE please!!!! I had enough trouble feeding mice/rats to snakes let alone the prospect of creepy crawly larvae looking things!!!!!

 

how about frozen bloodworms? It's not live.

 

how about frozen bloodworms? It's not live.

How do you dig them out, with tweezers?????

Thanks but no.... thanks

 

Most of the foods listed above come in frozen variety. They're little cubes and you don't even have to touch it! They come in blister packs like some medications so you just pop them out through the foil part. . Though it might be a bit much for a betta, so you might want to ask someone else to cut them up first

 

so you might want to ask someone else to cut them up first

I think my betta boys gonna stick to the pellets.....

 

a wide variety is very important. the blood worms are easy my girlfriend dosent mind I'm sure you'll be fine

they come in sheets with cubes. you cut out a cube take it to the sink to run under warm water for a minute to defrost it. then I take a shot glass filled with aquarium water and dump the blood worms into the shot glass. let it sit for about 20min take some tweezers and pick up one worm and drop it in. they will love you for it! I only feed mine up to 3 you have to be careful not to over feed frozen foods. I do the same with frozen brine shrimp.

I never feed my bettas freeze dried food. if you do make sure you soak it in water very well or it can expand in there stomach and cause swim bladder. same with flakes and pellets but more so with freeze dried.

 

HI Junne I have got three types of bloodworms freeze dried, frozen and fresh delica fresh ones in jelly. Malcolm loves blood worms but I have found that he doesn't like the freeze dried so much unless they have been in the tank a bit and gone squishy maybe soak them in a bit of garlic juice first? The frozen I defrost and I use tweezers and drop them in and mal goes nuts for them and the fresh delica ones come in little sachets you don't have to touch them at all you just squeeze them in there are always too much in the sachets for one betta despite the fact mal would probably eat them all given half a chance so there is a bit of waste but if you can get them I think they would be a good option for you. They are made by tetra and do other things like daphnI and other stuff here's a piccy


Maybe like mal your little guy doesn't like the freeze dried much hope this helps

 

I feed all my tanks in my signature on one square so you'll prob have plenty left over. usually I feed them only once a week so its not to expensive.

 

Freeze dried foods can be dangerous, if they expand in your bettas tummy, it can kill him.

I feed my bettas, New Life Spectrum, Frozen Beef Heart, Frozen Mysis Shrimp, Frozen Brine Shrimp and Frozen Bloodworms. I've got a pair of scissors that I have dedicated to breaking up fish food. You can get bloodworms that come in a re-sealable packet, like in this picture

You can break a small chunk off in to a cup of tank water (I use the cup bettas come in from the lfs)

Then you can just slowly empty the cup in to the betta tank and any other tank you've got. Just about all fish love some freshly defrosted bloodworms

 

No offence, but REALLY. Are we seriously going on the mind set that its "too icky so I'm not gonna do it" even when it can't effect the quality of LIFE for your fish? Its frozen. where a pair of gloves, cut a small chunk off the block and drop it in. Freeze dried foods are not in anyway healthy for bettas, less nutritious then frozen and live with the added ability to cause digestive problems.

Top-Fin betta pellets are also not a very healthy for a betta. Most top-fin betta oriented foods are like that. They have maybe 1-2 differnt "meals" like "fish meal, shrimp meal" in them and then the rest is, soy, wheat, corn etch. Not nutritious. Youd want to be looking at something with Whole salmon, whole shrimp, whole squid etch. And atleast 3-5 meat products before it gets to the fillers.

 

No offence, but REALLY. Are we seriously going on the mind set that its "too icky so I'm not gonna do it" even when it can't effect the quality of LIFE for your fish? .

Yeah unfortunately. To each their own right? No offense!

 

I just fed my tank frozen brine shrimp for the first time. It's not really nasty at all, they just look like floaty white things. I defrosted the cube in a little tank water and used an eyedropper to spread it out so my piggy platies wouldn't hog it. For one fish I'd probably cut up the cube into quarters before defrosting, at that point it looks just like a bullion cube so I don't think it would be too gross for you. I got some frozen bloodworms too but I haven't worked up the stomach for those yet.

They LOVED it. Especially the new cherry barbs. They didn't eat anything yesterday so I decided to break out the big guns!

 

You guys wouldn't like it when I cut up live earthworms to feed to my fish

 

I got some frozen bloodworms too but I haven't worked up the stomach for those yet.

Well I don't feel bad then! I'm not the only one!!! I don't think I would mind it so much if I was able to drop the whole cube in there - like for the rest of my fish but its gonna be tough for one little guy.
Maybe some beef hearts or something will work... LOL

Thanks for the suggestions!

Junne

 

I use frozen bloodworms. Place the cube in warm water and it dissolves. Take a turkey baster and pick up a few worms. Bettas will love it!

 

I'm going to go feed some bloodworms right now!

 

My barbs LOVE the freeze dried BW so I guess they are gonna get the rest

No problems with them eating those, right???

Junne

 

My barbs LOVE the freeze dried BW so I guess they are gonna get the rest

No problems with them eating those, right???

Junne

*shrug* I read a lot of bad things about those so I ended up tossing the tiny bottle I had. Lots of people blame dropsy and bloat on those because they blow up when they rehydrate. You can probably avoid that by rehydrating them yourself before putting them in the tank, just soak them in some tank water for a couple of minutes before you dump them in.

 

*shrug* I read a lot of bad things about those so I ended up tossing the tiny bottle I had. Lots of people blame dropsy and bloat on those because they blow up when they rehydrate. You can probably avoid that by rehydrating them yourself before putting them in the tank, just soak them in some tank water for a couple of minutes before you dump them in.

Great idea! I can handle that!!!
Thanks!

 

I took a few pictures of bloodworms so you can see what they look like. Hopefully you don't get grossed out.

 

I took a few pictures of bloodworms so you can see what they look like. Hopefully you don't get grossed out.

Those don't look quite as bad but the thought of putting them back in to my family freezer is a whole 'nother story! LOL
Coincidentally, that company who makes them is in my old hood.....

 

I also like to soak the frozen cubes in garlic juice and feed to my fish.

 

I have my frozen food wrapped in 2 plastic bags from the LFS, so that it is quite clear that it's fish food.

 

Those don't look quite as bad but the thought of putting them back in to my family freezer is a whole 'nother story! LOL
Coincidentally, that company who makes them is in my old hood.....

Small tupperware like containers work great.

 

+1 psalm18.2. I put one square of frozen brine shrimp in a tiny Tupperware cup (midget?). Then I put it in the fridge to thaw. When I want to treat my fish, I take it out and use a straw to scoop up some shrimp and drop them in the tank. Piece of cake!

 

I cut a cube of blood worms into 4 or 5 pieces. When I thaw them I can feed half to my dwarf puffer, then keep the rest in the fridge for the next morning. At least once a week, I share the leftovers with the other fish.