I tried the Betta Flakes and he hated them. Would not even try one in his mouth so the other fish are eating them and not too enthusiastically. So I would have to say that the Hikari Freeze dried Bloodworms are still his favorite food and he really does not care much for flakes, will tolerate an occasional pellet meal if mommy is out of bloodworms but only the Atison's Betta Formula or Betta Pro Pellets. My little guy is very picky and spoiled but he can be if he wants to be.

Be aware though that a lot of "betta" foods out there are actually too big for them to get in their mouths. This is a lot of why I do not try a lot of the brands of pellets on the market. I buy them and get home and YIKES they are huge. The betta tries to eat them but they are the size of trying to put a baseball in our mouths. Why the companies making the food for these fish do not actually see that the fish can eat them is beyond me.

Rose

I just do not have luck with them putting anything else in their mouths as they do not appear to like the taste of the stuff. They (all I have ever had) have loved the taste and notion of the Hikari freeze dried bloodworms, never had one refuse it even had one that would eat nothing else. I find that when I chopped up the food that was too big they would not even go near it and it would just get water logged and fall to the bottom of the tank and the others would eat it anyway. So I just allow them to be the little prima donnas that they want to be and have their way. I have foods that I don't like so why shouldn't they?

Rose