am I underfeeding?

[RevLine]

So, I just witnessed my betta gobble up my 1nch ghost shrimp. They lived together for a couple of weeks and always ignored each other. When I peeked at my tank this morning my betta was looking up at me guarding what I first thought was a molted shrimp shell in a dark corner of my tank. When I left to get food and came back he had the whole thing in his mouth, only the tail visible. Sneaky little... guy!

I feed him 2 pellets in the morning and 2 in the evening. Every once in a while I replace one feeding with flakes or a small shower of hikari daphnia. No food Sundays. Am I underfeeding him to go after my ghost shrimp like that?


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[Mebbid]

They are hunters. Regardless of feeding they can go after shrimp.

 

[Mattyfelts]

tbh i think you are over feeding if anything, i think a few pellets every other day would be fine.

 

[mrvincent]

I feed my GF betta until it stop eat. He can eat more than 10 blood worms...

 

[Musicfreak]

I don't think you're underfeeding. I feed my betta about every other day or so. It's in their nature to hunt other things. I know of some people who can keep shrimp with their betta fish and others who can't. All depends on the betta really.

I've never kept anything else with mine but I'm sure he would look at a shrimp as a tasty snack.