Betta Fish Not Eating Spitting Food Out
Atleast your fish is giving an effort.
Betta fish not eating spitting food out. If this is happening then here are all the reasons behind it. However this doesn t mean he s not eating. It isn t uncommon for fish to not eat when they re first brought home.
Your betta s stomach is roughly the size of its eyeball and some pellets are even bigger than that. I htought that maybe he was still too cold so have bought a tank w a heater and he is in there. The transfer went ok and he seems to be enjoying the new.
Frozen foods or live foods are supposed to be extremely appealing to. And when you over feed your fish and that food gets spit out it sinks to the bottom of your tank and makes for bad water quality for the water and filter. So in a lot of cases your betta will spit food out a couple of times because he literally can t swallow it.
This is particularly true for bettas who have a reputation for being picky eaters. My suggestion is to switch to a different type of betta food and give him a treat often like blood worms. Bettas tend to be greedy with their food intake so spitting out food is not something to be worried about.
They do not eat as much as we think they do. I have a male betta for about 8 months now. He s warmed back up now but now he s spitting out all or at least most of his food.
Is your betta fish living alone. They can last a long time without food. This too is common behavior and it s believed to be a.