#18 in Fish food
Reddit mentions of Omega One Betta Buffet 1.5mm Pellets, 1 oz
Sentiment score: 2
Reddit mentions: 2
We found 2 Reddit mentions of Omega One Betta Buffet 1.5mm Pellets, 1 oz. Here are the top ones.
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- COLOR BOOSTING NUTRITION: These delicious wild salmon Betta Pellets are rich in critical Omega 3 & 6 fatty acids and are 100% meal free. Natural beta carotenes in salmon provide extreme color enhancement!
- KEEP A CLEANER TANK: Our Betta Pellets are naturally insoluble, which reduces water pollution, and they have significantly less starch, which reduces fish waste
- INSTRUCTIONS: Feed 1-3 times daily, using only as much food as fish can consume in two minutes
- GUARANTEED ANALYSIS: Min Crude Protein 42% / Min Crude Fat 8% / Max Crude Fiber 2% / Max Moisture 8.5% / Max. Ash 8%
- 100% Made in the USA!
Features:
Specs:
| Color | Pellet |
| Height | 2.38 Inches |
| Length | 2 Inches |
| Number of items | 1 |
| Size | 1 Ounce (Pack of 1) |
| Weight | 0.0625 Pounds |
| Width | 2 Inches |
Ideally you want to look for whole ingredients when you're looking at food. I have used Hikari and like it but I would consider it a mid-grade food, honestly. But I've had bettas live several years on it so it's not terrible. I consider things like soybean meal and rice bran to be more filler material. Brands like Tetra are cheaper and use more fillers; for example, on Amazon you can see these Tetra betta pellets; the first four ingredients are wheat flour, fish meal, wheat gluten, potato protein; you have to go several ingredients down to get another meaty ingredient (shrimp meal).
In comparison,Hikari Betta Bio-gold pellets have fish meal as the first ingredient, but it's followed by fillers (wheat flour, soybean meal, rice bran) and takes a couple more ingredients to find another meaty one (krill meal). Having an actual meaty ingredient first (meaning it's the most percentage wise, probably by volume but I'm not positive) makes it better but it's not great.
Lastly, let's look at my current preferred food, Omega One Betta Buffet pellets. The kind I have is slightly different from what's on Amazon (mine lists whole salmon, halibut, shrimp, and wheat flour as the first four ingredients), I got it at Petco a while back. The one on Amazon has salmon, whole herring, wheat flour, whole shrimp as its first four ingredients. Three of the four are whole ingredients (well, I assume the salmon is since it doesn't say salmon meal but not positive) with only one filler. This indicates a much higher quality food. The Northfin pellets someone else linked are similar.
So basically, you want to look for the first few ingredients to be a whole food product; meals are ok but whole ingredients are preferable. You want minimal fillers in the first few ingredients (corn, soybean, rice products are commonly used as filler in many animal foods, same with brewer's yeast). This was stuff I learned when I got a hedgehog and had to suss out high quality cat and dog foods for her but the principles are the same (I hadn't spent too much time on fish food, just knew brands to avoid and looked for reasonable quality ingredients anytime I had to choose a new one). This was actually a good exercise for me to take a closer look at my fish food and also remember why I avoid certain brands.
When getting a kit, be careful, sometimes the filters/lights they come with aren't that great. If you have Amazon Prime I would just get the stuff online, but going to a LFS or pet store is great too.
I feed my betta these pellets and he loves them. I also feed freeze dried bloodworms and shrimps occasionally.
Definitely look for a good heater, and try to make sure it's adjustable. I tend to try and spend a little more on a better quality heater because I don't want it to fail and kill my fish.
His fins will be fine once he's in a warm environment :)