Northfin Betta Bits, 1 mm, 100 g

My betta loves this food. His color is very vibrant and pretty, as well. The only issue is that they sink around a minute after touching the water, so you have to get the fish in line of sight and ready. But, my betta also seems to really enjoy chasing the food to the bottom of the tank. So its kinda a win win. Just drop a few pellets at a time.

I found out about Betta Bits through a Betta fish care video I watched on YouTube. These were highly recommended by a Betta enthusiast so I decided to look into them. The ingredients have minimal filler and high protein content, and you can tell by the smell that it’s decent quality. I rotate between these and the Fluval Bug Bites (Betta formula). I feed Betta Bits most of the time. The size is small enough so that my Betta can easily eat them and I only feed 4-5 pellets a day, and skip feeding once a week. My Betta hasn’t been a picky eater at all-he just comes right up to the top of his tank and scarfs down whatever food I feed him. Most of the time the Betta bits float at the top. I only feed one at a time to prevent any from sinking. My fish is really good at diving down to immediately eat a pellet if it sinks, but they hardly ever do. I keep him in a 5 gallon filtered tank, and with his diet, he is very active and healthy. He’s a Bumble Bee Betta (black body with gold/yellow tail with black trim, and yellow front fins) and his colors are vibrant. Since I only have one Betta and feed only a few pellets in a day, these will last a long time to come. I’d recommend going for the smaller sized bag unless you have multiple Betta tanks. I will definitely repurchase once I run out, which won’t be for a while.

Betta loves this food, it can not get enough and even dives for the ones that sink. His color got more vibrant and he seems to be happier - more active and started to blows bubble nest. He interacts with us more, or begs for more food lol. Bits are small and my fish prefers it that way, he is no longer spits it out due to size. I have to drop 2 at a time for bits not to sink too fast and accumulate at the bottom. There is also plenty of food in that bag, will probably last this betta his whole life.

So these pellets do float at first! But when they sink, they go relatively quickly so if your betta didn't see it, there's a decent chance it's gone forever. My sweet boy LOVES these. I feed him one by one with tweezers. I think a lot of the reviews saying they sink are just dropping them all in one go, which is why they sink. They have time to sit and soak up the water.I tap the surface of the water gently with the tweezers and it gets my betta's attention for breakfast/dinner so the pellets rarely have time to sink. If he sees it, he catches it while it's sinking pretty easily, though, so no complaints there.He loved the flavor so much that it's way too tempting to overfeed him. He's so eager for the pellets that I wanna keep giving them to him. (Don't do that lol) All in all, very happy with the product and highly recommend it.

This is a good product. The only exception it doesn't float as well as it should. This leading to waste and contamination.

I was worried because I heard they don't float but they do for me. Good ingredients and great value with a TON of food. If you go to a mainstream pet store you'll pay the same price for 1/4 the amount for brands without as good ingredients.Dante, my Betta, loves these. He's always eager and eats them within 10 seconds. They float until that point and I haven't had 1 sink yet. They're very pungent and I think that helps the fish locate them when they drop. If I drop it in the tank behind him, he immediately knows where it is even without having seen it.They're pretty small so you can feed them 3-5 pellets per meal but Dante is always dancing trying to get my attention for more. I've been feeding 3 pellets 3 times a day or 4 or 5 pellets twice a day and that seems to be working fine with no bloating. He's still very active with plenty of bubbles. I'll serve these 2 days in a row then blood worms the 3rd day. I have 1 fasting day bi-weekly.

Bought this product after reading several forums about the best food for Bettas. Totally worth it. Having tried different kinds of betta food - flakes (Omega One), freeze dried bloodworms (Omega One) and other pellets (Aqueon), I’ve found that my fish prefers these pellets the most. Aqueon's pellets are much larger in size (2-3mm diameter) and my fish always had trouble eating them - often they'd pop out of his mouth, and he’d struggle to gulp them down. These Northfin ones are the exact right size. You can see the size difference in the attached pictures. I feed my betta 6-10 tiny pellets daily, and he loves it. Just be aware that these sink faster than some of the other products on the market (this is a good thing - it means less “filler” in the food) and so you may want to drop in a few pellets at a time, especially if you have gravel on the bottom of your tank and want to avoid frequent cleanings.

I'm a huge Northfin fan because of the high quality ingredients. I stopped using food from the big makers like Tetra and Hakari once I read the ingredients.This is the first Northfin product that his disappointed me, not because of the ingredient quality but because the pellets sink almost immediately. My betta won't feed off the bottom, particularly since I have gravel in the tank.I plan to use this product in one of my other tanks that has faster fish that can catch the pellets before they hit the bottom, but will keep looking for a high quality betta food.