Serving Food

Betta has a weak immune system and digestion system. Serve a betta small portion of food, if you overfeed the betta, they can develop constipation and bloating. When these conditions develop avoid animal protein, and offer them green boiled peas. They help treat the symptoms. You can skip food for days to a quick recovery.

Frozen food is great for most of the species. The good thing about frozen food is you don’t have to throw it away, just cut it into chunks and place it in an aquarium.

Since they are mainly carnivores, betta should eat a wide range of entire prey, such as birds, fish, and other suitable sources of protein. For betta, it's important to provide them with a balanced diet that caters to their unique nutritional requirements at each stage of life.

You can maintain a feeding schedule, and feed them twice a day. Offer small portions of food every time. Overfeeding can lead to obesity. We recommended once a once-a-week fasting day. The fast gives rest to their digestive system and prevents them from constipation.

Overfeeding leads to the:

Generally, betta have a weak digestion system, if you overfeed them they can develop constipation or bloating. As freshwater fish, they consider small eye-sized portions of food.

Constipation: the causes of constipation are overfeeding and lack of fiber in the diet. The treatment is fasting for 2-3 days, and feeding peas as well as high-quality betta food.

Decrease appetite: the symptoms decrease the appetite. Proper feeding quantity and schedule the feeding.

Caregivers may get a good look at the betta as they eat. Regular health checks should be undertaken throughout feeding sessions to detect changes in appetite, behavior, or physical condition since these might be early markers of health difficulties. Make sure that caregivers know what to do to be safe, particularly while entering enclosures.