Betta Can T Eat Pellets

Can a betta eat human food.

Betta can t eat pellets. I dip my finger in the tank to let him know it s dinner time he swims up i put in one pellet at a. My betta used to be an active pig. Suffice to say he was very willing to eat the pellets after that.

Then he tries to eat it he throws it then tries again and throws it until it sinks completely. I have a betta that keeps trying to eat but cant. So in a lot of cases your betta will spit food out a couple of times because he literally can t swallow it.

Started to spit out the pellets. He used to eat our hikori sp gold pellets all the time. The most common reason your betta is spitting out food is simply that it s too big.

My betta iroh lives in a 5 gallon tank that is heated and filtered with a java fern and nerite snail. He used to be in a 5 gallon tank but i moved him to a smaller one recently to take a look at what s. I did this once and i ve never had an issue with him being fussy since.

It s not uncommon for bettas to only like one type of food or brand. I have noticed in the past few days that iroh isn t eating his pellets when i feed him at night. The problem is if you can t get hold of this food then you re going to have lots of problems trying to feed him later on down the line.

Most experts and fish food packages recommend feeding 2 3 pellets twice a day. But once he succeded and ate one. Betta fish won t eat pellets.