I have used this Betta food exclusively and always have great success with bettas. They live 3-4+ years and seem very healthy. (And I use little 1/2 gallon tanks with no heaters or filters! Not ideal, I know, but I do frequent water changes.)
My favorite things about the food are: 1) the pellets are very small and easy to eat, even for young bettas (most betta pellets are way too big), and 2) the pellets ALWAYS float. Even if they get bumped, almost eaten, etc. and go below the surface of the water, they pop back up to the top and eventually get eaten. The pellets have to be in the water for a long time to actually sink, and that hardly EVER happens.
I feed my bettas several times per day, but only a few pellets at a time. (3-6 pellets per feeding.) I also supplement with dried blood worms and other freeze-dried betta treats. And in the summer, any fruit flies I catch in the kitchen become live betta food, which they gobble right up.
I actually love the packaging. The food stands nicely right next to the tank, and it is super-easy to dispense just a few pellets, and put extras back in if I get out too many. I don't know what a few people are complaining about, regarding the packaging. It is a great design.
I have had such good results with this food that when my local PetSmart didn't seem to carry it any more, I ordered it from amazon. Got it in two days. I will never switch and will continue to feed the Hikari Betta Bio-Gold. Highly recommended.
Fish Meal, Wheat Flour, Flaked Corn, Wheat Germ Meal, Spirulina, Krill Meal, Dehydrated Alfalfa Meal, Brewers Dried Yeast
