Ukutya iintlanzi zakho ze-betta yinxalenye ebalulekileyo yokuzigcina zisempilweni kwaye zonwabile. Ezi ntlanzi zine-omnivorous diet, nto leyo ethetha ukuba zitya kancinci kuyo yonke into. Okona kutya kulungileyo kwe-betta kukutya okulinganayo kunye nesondlo esipheleleyo esilungiselelwe bona ngokukodwa. Oku kutya kufumaneka kwiivenkile ezininzi zezilwanyana zasekhaya, kwaye ngokuqhelekileyo zenziwe ngezithako zendalo ezifana ne-shrimp, i-prawns, i-kelp, kunye nezinye izondlo ezibalulekileyo. Ukutya okomileyo yeyona ndlela ilungileyo ye-bettas kuba kulula ukuyisebenzisa kwaye inikezela zonke izondlo eziyimfuneko ngaphandle komngcipheko wokungcoliswa kwebhaktheriya okanye i-parasitic. Kwakhona, ubukhulu bengqolowa bulingana nomlomo omncinci we-betta.
I-Bettas zikonwabela ukutya izinambuzane eziphilayo okanye ezikhenkcezisiweyo ezifana ne-bloodworms, i-brine shrimp (intshulube) okanye i-daphnia (uhlobo oluncinci lwe-crustacean). Le mithombo yolunye ibonelela ngeprotheyini eyongezelelweyo enceda ukugcina amajoni akho omzimba omelele. Nangona kunjalo, umntu kufuneka alumke njengoko le mithombo inokuba namafutha aphezulu kakhulu ukuba isetyenziswe ngokugqithisileyo.
I-Bettas zikonwabela ukutya imifuno emitsha okanye ekhenkcezisiweyo efana nemifuno enamagqabi (ikale, i-lettuce yaseRoma), ii-ertyisi ezinkonkxiweyo, kunye neekherothi eziphekwe ngaphandle kwetyuwa okanye iswekile. Olu didi lunikeza iivithamini ezongezelelweyo kunye nefiber yokutya ukunceda ukugcina inkqubo yakho yokugaya isempilweni.
Ukuqinisekisa ulungelelwaniso lwesondlo olulungileyo ekutyeni kwentlanzi yebetta, sicebisa ukuba unikezele ngeentlobo ezininzi zokutya kubo bonke ubomi babo: Ukutya okomileyo okulungelelanisiweyo okwenzelwe bona ngokukodwa; izinambuzane eziphilayo okanye emkhenkceni; imifuno emitsha okanye ekhenkcezisiweyo; kunye nokuqhwaba rhoqo kwaye ngokuphindaphindiweyo unyaka wonke ukuvuselela umdla wakhe wendalo kunye nokumvuselela ngokwasengqondweni.