Betta nutrition-switch to NLS?

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Mount_Prion

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Trying to feed my girlfriend's betta the absolute best possible, as it's a Thai import and really gorgeous, and of course it's my girlfriend's so I want to do the best I can.

I originally bought her Hikari betta bio-gold, but reading the ingredients it has a lot more vegetable matter than even hikari micro wafers.

The "features" on the back of the bio-gold bag lists Astaxanthin for coloration and grape seed oil for aging. I dunno about the latter, but for coloring up fish I usually just try to feed shrimp heavy diets for the keratine, so I figured I'd just feed a little ground up krill once a week.

Anyway, my question is, should I just trade this bag in at the store and buy some of the smallest size NLS pellets? I know they will have higher percentages of fish to vegetables.

Is the stuff they're talking about being specifically good for bettas on the back of the bio-gold just marketing nonsense, or are these pellets really superior to bettas? Cause if that stuff isn't important I'll just go for higher quality food with more actual fish in it.
 
I can't really compare the 2 brands, but:

NLS has a betta formula now, they are 1mm.

I took a betta from a family member with fin rot that had gotten to the edge of his body in the center of his tail. He is a relatively small betta. The regular NLS 1mm pellets which I had for other fish are too big for his mouth. I had to break them.
Since he had so much fin to re-grow, I fed him NLS Grow Formula .5mm which I already had here, figuring the extra protein might help.
He is about 4 yrs old. Now his fin have re-grown & I've been alternating 'Grow' with things like bloodworms, because I'm not sure if too much protein is ok for older bettas.
 
I've been feeding our 4yr old betta his entire life the Omega betta pellets... But if NLS has one I may give it a shot and see if he likes them as well... he also gets the occasional live blackworms as a treat.
 
I feed mine NLS 'grow' like petspoiler, and live food every other day. Once a week my bettas get a shelled pea to help clean out their systems, but in my opinion live or frozen food is the best thing you could feed a betta.
 
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