Question submitted by Natasha, Kelogg - Montana |
A: Funny you should ask because I am in the process of doing a lot of betta food research as I am going to publish a series on foods on this site over the next few months.
Should you stick to bloodworms? Yes and no. I think the key here is VARIETY. It is important to provide a balanced diet. Some foods are high in protein while others are low, some are more nutritious than others and some cause problems. Again, as I am about to unravel all I have found out about betta foods soon, I will not go deep into it right now. Just know this:
 | Alternate between 2 to 3 different foods | |
| If your bettas are eating bloodworms, keep feeding them the bloodworms. | |
| If your bettas also love bio gold, then by all means ALSO feed them that. | |
| Consider adding one more food to their menu. I would recommend frozen brine shrimp. These are easy to feed, good mouth size for a betta, do not cloud or pollute the water and most of all bettas would KILL for them LOL. (so careful your fingers LOL). | |
| Live foods can be the cause of many very serious problems so avoid them. | |
| Frozen foods are less dangerous but could also carry parasites or bacteria (not all are killed by freezing) | |
| Freeze dried foods are very clean and cannot pass bacteria or parasites , however they have other risks, one of which is internal damage if you feed over freeze dried chunks (would be hard chunks the bettas cannot digest) | |
| Flakes are OK if you can get your betta to eat them (good luck) but once again not as a sole food. | |
| Small pellets have been fed successfully to bettas, although not by me LOL, my bettas just laugh at me if I put pellets in their jars. It is a very humiliating experience ;). If your bettas will eat them then go for it. |
So there you go in short, the answer to your question.
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