Betta Spits Out Food After Eating

Try some live bloodworms or live brine shrimp if all else fails either one will almost always entice your betta into eating.

Betta spits out food after eating. My suggestion is to switch to a different type of betta food and give him a treat often like blood worms. I tried feeding him pelleted food and he immediately spit it out after eating it. I called petsmart and asked them what they thought. Your fish might just not be hungry.

You could try a treat like bloodworms or something. However he only takes notice of the smallest pellets which float on the surface. Only feed your betta what you can visually see him or her eat within 2 minutes. I also tried flakes but he completely ignored them.

I don t use anything other than. I m trying to feed him every other day 3 pellets. A few days ago i added a betta and didnt start feeding him until a day later. Don t be alarmed if the betta spits out its food.

My last fish did not eat for like 1 week. In most cases it s going to be constipation that your betta is suffering from. If you think it s constipation you will also notice other symptoms such as your betta not being able to defecate. Feed small portions of a variety of foods and eventually your fish will eat.

So when your betta gobbles up a tasty pellet he might struggle to even swallow the food. So i switched to pellets which he seems to be more interested in. I got my crown tail male betta about 8 or 9 days ago and i m starting to get really concerned. In fact your pet s tummy is roughly the same size as his eyeball.

The day after i got him i tried to feed him but he just spit them out. This is particularly true for bettas who have a reputation for being picky eaters. This tends to spoil your betta and some people claim unproccessed food has an increased risk of disease. Even if he keeps spitting out food dont worry.

Today i got bloodworms and again he ate them and spit them back out almost immediately. Betta spits out food. I have had my fish tank for about 2 months now. 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.

I got a betta fish three days ago from petsmart. 6 weeks in i added a pleco. Atleast your fish is giving an effort. What kind of food are you giving him.

This too is common behavior and it s believed to be a mechanism for breaking down and softening the food. My fish splash hates flakes and will only eat pellets. It would take a heck of a lot of starvation to kill these fish due to not eating. I started off with flakes but he didnt even look at them.

He grabs the pellet nods his head swims around for a minute and then spits. They do not eat as much as we think they do. This is extremely common in bettas and normally isn t something to worry about. If you notice your betta fish spitting out food or just not eating then he may be having digestive troubles.

Bettas often do not prefer flakes and will eat them at the last resort. He is probobly seeking a little attention.