A question about overfeeding bettas

[LeahK]

I've heard about how bettas are prone to digestion problems, so I am very careful not to overfeed.

However, my husband has some feeder shrimp living in his 10g, and somehow a few of them magically teleported themselves into my 20g betta tank and are happily breeding.

I'm sure the betta is eating all the ones that he can catch. And if he's supplementing his diet with baby shrimpies, I'm worried that he'll get overfed. I don't know if I should cut back on his normal pellet food, or by how much. Any opinions on this?

[snoopy65]

My betta lives in a 10 gal with snowball shrimp. I am sure he catches his share of the babies although the colony is thriving. I feed him as I always have. He gets and consumes 10 Hikari betta pellets a day.

[dixienut]

shrimp snacks are ok as they have their own fiber, the shell, the thing with bettas is bloat/constipation and shrimp kinda shove things thru,.. if worried fed occasional hulled peas,.. for the laxative thing,..

[jm1212]

he should be fine. fish constantly look for food, and he wont over eat... too much.