There are many types of betta fish food, but the popular food for feeding bettas can be divided into 3 main categories
Live food (Best food for betta fish)
Nature of betta fish is that they are predatory fish who like to eat live food, because bettas have fighting instincts and often eat small live organisms as food, which is the best food for bettas. They provide energy and vitality to the fish.
However, the important thing is that you must ensure that the live organisms you feed to those bettas are clean enough, or if you can obtain them, you must clean them well, because if you give unclean food to bettas, it may cause them to become sick or die.
Live Mosquito larvae (many country very hard to search mosquito larvae and although You have them You must make sure they clean before feeding plakat fighter or betta fish too)
Live Bloodworms
Water 80% Protein 26.06% Fat 1.2% Dietary fiber 3.9%
Live Micro worm
Water 76% Protein 9.6% Fat 4.8% Other 9.6%
Live Artemia
Protein 56.4 Fat 11.8 Carbohydrate 12.1 Ash 17.4
Live Baby Artemia
Protein 52.2 Fat 18.9 Carbohydrate 14.8 Ash 9.7
– About artemia should soak it in fresh water for at least 30 minutes to allow the artemia to release saltness and reduce the saltiness, then feed it to the betta fish. Be careful, artemia has high saltiness. It’s not good for betta fish to eat it frequently, as the fish will get sick.
PS. If can’t find it or fear live food for bettas unclean enough feed via other betta food.
Frozen betta fish food
Easy to use and readily available at pet stores.
Frozen bloodworms
Frozen water mites
Frozen artemia
– After thawing the frozen artemia, you should rinse it with water first to reduce the saltiness of the artemia before feeding it to the betta. Be careful, artemia has high saltiness. It’s not good for betta fish to eat it frequently, as the fish will get sick.
Betta pellets
– Choose pellets that are not too large so that betta fish can eat them easily, with high protein content and low starch. Feed pellet food to betta fish 1-2 times per day, 5-6 pellets per feeding.
