I have a betta fish that I got about a week ago, and he wont eat any food I've given him. Any Suggestions?

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I GOT ONE AND HE DID THE SAME THING. WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS GO BACK TO THE PET STORE WHERE YOU BOUGHT IT AND GET THE SAME EXACT FOOD THAT THEY WERE FEEDING IT.

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i had two of them you have to wait because it has to adjust to the food.

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buy a better one for 6 bucks tomorrow.

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a different kind of food might work.. or a different size of fish food.

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Betta's are pretty tough fish. Their metabolisms are quite slow, they can even survive in about a teaspoon of water for a very long time. Keep an eye on him for another week or so, also, check out the water's ammonia/nitrite levels, if the ammonia level gets too high (from the food breaking down in the water) you may need to replace some of the water with fresh water. Make sure not to use tap water, get bottled water from the grocery store.

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If hes not eating what you got him, if you can get some live brine shrimp. He will probly eat that..also, if you have "flake" food, you might want to consider crushing the flakes. Offer a few flakes or pellets to him several times aday. Switch the food you feed him around and see what he likes to eat better(some fish like flakes more, some like the pellets more). If you use flakes get hi-promin or tetramin, if you can find it .

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Do a partial water change, and offer him a betta specific pelet food. A food called "Betta Bites" has always worked for me. Anything alive, like brine shrimp, blood worms, smaller fish should get an instant reaction out of him. Just remember not to allow uneaten food to remain in the tank/bowl. It is better to feed very little more often than a lot at one time.

Keep in mind that if you feed live foods you will need to pay closer attention to water quality. When I feed live foods I usually feed or treat the live food prior to feeding. You can get liquid vitamin supplements and apply that to the live food or dry food you are feeding to help improve your betta's health.

Good luck!

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Get the same food the pet store fed ur betta and get the small size of it. Mix it with the food u got and feed it to ur betta about 3 times a week and just a pinch of it.

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Try live blood worms or dry blood worms.

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I've just bought a betta fish too. I originally bought some flaked food for him, but he didn't really eat any of it. Just a bite or two. Then, I bought some freeze dried bloodworms to try on him, and he really likes them. I'm thinking he doesn't really like the flaked food and I'm going to buy some betta pellets for him tomorrow.

In short, try switching to a different type of food. Some bettas are picky and either won't eat flakes or pellets. Besides, a lot of sites say pellets are better. Test him with bloodworms (these are a great treat as all betta should love them). If he goes for them, it's not an appetite problem. Just try the other type of fish food.