Betta fish eating bread. Good or Bad?

Question

My fish is a beta female. It wont eat betta pellets but when i feed it small amounts of bread it eats it. Should i carry on with this diet or no. What should i buy for her?

Answer 1

Bad.  Regardless of what others may say.  Bread has the ability to bloat almost anything or anyone that eats it.  Humans can tolerate it as they have a better digestive system but fish do not have as good a digestive system.  Believe it or not but it can contribute towards dropsy (potentially fatal if not treated) illness.

Stick with pellets, flake, dried/frozen/live worms, shrimps or daphnia and cucumber or sweet potato (skin off both).

Hope this helps :-)

Answer 2

Bad because there are other ingredients added to them, so you should it.  

Answer 3

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Can_Betta_fish...

read this

i suppose that you can feed her that but she is a carnivore~

treating feeding her flakes, bloodwoorms etc.

for full list look below

http://www.bettatalk.com/food.htm

Answer 4

not such a good idea ask you local vet what you should feed him if doesnt eat beat or goldfish food.

hope this helps!!!

Answer 5

no stop the bread has not got enough nutrients in it unlike the fish food so please stop the bread beleive me i am a marine biologist

Answer 6

you should try orange slices also ask a worker at a pet store. i have 4 betas and the eat beta plus food, try it

also a man @ the pet store said it was ok for them 2 eat oranges

Answer 7

fine eating bread but try goldfish food first

Answer 8

bad idea!

Bettas are strict carnivores and need a high protein diet.  Bread may also swell up in their stomachs and cause them to bloat or worse, get constipated which may kill them.

You can feed your betta lots of other things though like brine shrimp, daphnia, and blood worms.  All of which can be found at most pet stores.