If you want to raise betta fish well, you must ensure that it has enough food. But what is good for betta fish to eat? In fact, there are quite a number of things that betta fish can eat. Even mosquitoes are very good food for them. There are many mosquitoes in summer. When you see a mosquito, swat it and throw it into the fish tank. It will float on the water surface and the fish will know to eat it. Moreover, mosquitoes are very helpful for the color development of betta fish. But it is impossible for us to catch mosquitoes for betta fish every day. You can also feed it with brine shrimp, red worms, dried bloodworms, and water fleas (available in the flower and bird market). These four kinds of feed are very helpful for the healthy growth of betta fish. Next, we will focus on introducing them.
I. What do betta fish eat: Brine shrimp
Brine shrimp, also known as fairy shrimp or artemia, belongs to the phylum Arthropoda, class Crustacea, subclass Branchiopoda, order Anostraca, and family Artemiidae. Brine shrimp are widely distributed in salt pans or salt lakes on land. They have very high nutritional value for artificially cultured fish and shrimp. The winter eggs of brine shrimp are a very special kind of dormant eggs. They can be dried and canned, sold on the market in the form of commodities, and can be easily hatched out as high-quality live bait. Brine shrimp are widely used in aquaculture.
II. What do betta fish eat: Red worms
Red worms, also known as tubifex worms or bloodworms, belong to the aquatic oligochaetes in the phylum Annelida. Their body color is bright red or bluish-gray. They mostly live in the sludge on the banks or at the bottom of rivers in river basins. They are densely distributed on the surface layer of the sludge. One end is fixed in the sludge, and the other end protrudes from the sludge and trembles in the water. Once disturbed, they immediately retract into the sludge. The nutritional value of tubifex worms is extremely high. They need to be rinsed repeatedly in clean water before feeding. They are very popular baits for goldfish and koi fish, and also the main baits for eel fry and young soft-shelled turtles. In Shanghai's Huangpu River, after the river water ebbs, there are a large number of tubifex worms in the sludge on the bank. People catch a large number of them every spring and autumn. They are edible.
III. What do betta fish eat: Dried bloodworms
Bloodworms mainly refer to the common names of several aquatic annelids with bright red body colors. They include animals of the class Oligochaeta, family Tubificidae, and genus Tubifex, which can be used to raise tropical fish. Species of the class Polychaeta, family Glyceridae, and genus Glycera are sometimes also called bloodworms. Glyceradibranchiata, produced on the east coast of North America, can be up to 37 centimeters (about 15 inches) long. The aquatic larvae of some insects of the family Chironomidae and genus Chironomus have bright red body colors and are also called bloodworms.
IV. What do betta fish eat: Water fleas
Water fleas belong to the phylum Arthropoda, class Crustacea, and subclass Branchiopoda. Commonly known as fish lice. They are small, about 2 millimeters long, light pink in color, and live in fresh water. The body is divided into a head and a trunk. They have a dorsal carapace. The trunk has 5 pairs of trunk limbs (thoracic limbs), which are organs for movement and respiration. In autumn, some small male water fleas hatch from summer eggs and begin sexual reproduction. The eggs produced are called "winter eggs". Winter eggs are larger than summer eggs, with thicker eggshells and more yolk. Fertilized winter eggs, also known as "dormant eggs", can survive through cold or dry environments and develop into new females when the temperature is higher in the following spring. Except for a few living in seawater, most of them are the most common plankton in various fresh water areas and are excellent baits for fish.