I just put in 4 females in my community tank and everything is going well. How does anybody feed their tropical fish and bettas, they have different type of food they eat. I put in flakes and then I put in blood worms or pellets for the betta but not sure if they are getting their food because of the other fish in the tank. Is there a better way to do it, it is a little tricky. I don't like knowing if the bettas are eating or not, or if all of them are getting food. Any suggestions. There are tetras in the tank, it is a 30 gallon, so lots of room. There hasn't been no squabbling between the females. They are swimming around fine and seem fine but don't want to see any females die of not eating. They are so tiny and cute with different colors, my son helped me pick out one because he paid for it.

I had a Betta in a community tank,one I raised from an egg,and believe me-he did not let anyone take his food.That guy learned to eat the snail's and everyone else's food because he couldn't stand whatching them eat. Your gir's may act shy at first,but I'm sure that when they get hungry,they'll eat.I always thought my girl's were meaner than my boys.

I agree with Devs. It is probably cause they are shy cause they are new. Sometimes it takes bettas anywhere from 5-7 days to get used to their new surroundings and eat. My male took a week. My female at the same night but she is in a container by herself. Once they start feeling more at home they should start eating.

I kept a catfish in with my bettas and it was very hard to make sure each got the right amount of food so I had to remove the catfish and place him in the goldie tank where he can get plenty of flakes.

Good luck with your new female bettas, I'm sure it will all work out fine.

Bettas are pretty much surface feeders. I used to keep pygmy corys with one of my male bettas and I found that he would eat his own pellets and freeze dried bloodworms from the surface and would also nibble at some of the corys sinking granules while they were at the surface and after they started to sink he wouldn't chase after it. Corys are bottom feeders, so they used to ignore pretty much anything unless it actually hit the bottom anyway.

If your other fish are mainly middle feeders like most small tropicals are, they will wait for most of the stuff to sink before feeding, although some may also feed from the surface too - they may take some of your bettas pellets from the surface but probably not everything and certainly not if your bettas get there first!

I think it's a bit of pick and mix when it comes to feeding community tanks, it generally works out OK and each fish type gets it's fair share. I would try to feed them seperately by feeding one food type and the then the other at the different side of the tank or at different times. Best of luck with it