I woke up to find this... and not eating

My little Kio started his first bubble nest since being in his new home! I got him two days ago, and he is so much more colorful than when I first got him.


The only thing that worries me is he hasn't eaten anything. I'm giving him the aqueon betta pellets. Should I switch to something else? When I give him a pellet, he looks at it like he's hungry, but it also looks like he's scared of it/not interested. He stares at it for about 5 seconds and then swims away. The pellet then sinks to the bottom and I have to get a net (which he always flares at) to scoop it out of the tank.

Other than that he seems really happy.

What should I do?

-Guppy

(his bubble nest)

 

Try a turkey baster to remove the uneaten food. A little less stressful for the fish.

As for him not eating, that's not that uncommon. They can go up to 2 weeks with out eating. You can try soaking his pellets in garlic to see if you can entice him or try bloodworms. If he keeps refusing after 2 weeks then I would worry.

Since he made a bubble nest, he is feeling a bit more secured in his tank. It shouldn't be long for him to become a little pig and always beg for food when you get near the tank.

 

if you have any flakes around you could put 1 in at next feeding and see if he shows any interest in that...I had a betta who wouldn't eat pellets and would just check it out for a second like yours did...he ate flakes right away with no problem. but if you don't have any, I'd give it a week until you get some, but hopefully he's eating pellets by then

 

Try a turkey baster to remove the uneaten food. A little less stressful for the fish.

As for him not eating, that's not that uncommon. They can go up to 2 weeks with out eating. You can try soaking his pellets in garlic to see if you can entice him or try bloodworms. If he keeps refusing after 2 weeks then I would worry.

Since he made a bubble nest, he is feeling a bit more secured in his tank. It shouldn't be long for him to become a little pig and always beg for food when you get near the tank.

Thank you

if you have any flakes around you could put 1 in at next feeding and see if he shows any interest in that...I had a betta who wouldn't eat pellets and would just check it out for a second like yours did...he ate flakes right away with no problem. but if you don't have any, I'd give it a week until you get some, but hopefully he's eating pellets by then

I tried giving him some but he didn't like it

 

awh well I would try the garlic as suggested above, and I agree that you shouldn't need to worry until about 2 weeks have gone by and he hasn't eaten

 

Maybe check with the store where you got him and see what they usually use? Mine has been a pig since day one, but I think it helped that what I was feeding was very similar to what he had been getting in the store. Since I had picked him up before the fish were fed for the day, I even gave him one pellet when he was still acclimating, which he happily devoured.

 

Maybe check with the store where you got him and see what they usually use? Mine has been a pig since day one, but I think it helped that what I was feeding was very similar to what he had been getting in the store. Since I had picked him up before the fish were fed for the day, I even gave him one pellet when he was still acclimating, which he happily devoured.

ok thanks, I'll try to see what they fed him before.