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Ok well I just switched my pellet from the Wardley brand to Hikari, the top rated in Betta food.

No what I need to know is what else to feed him. Bloodworms, brine shrimp, and those short of things. Also how to prepare them to be as safe as possible and have the very least amount of bacteria on them.

Should I raise and prepare them myself, or by them pre-freezed or freeze dried?

Also I need to know how to make green water. I’m planning on starting a Daphnia farm. What else can live in green water that I can raise on my own?

I feed him blood worm before and he did like it. so will he eat brine shrimp if I try to feed him from now on?

Whenever I test the ph in my aquarium, it’s always like 7.6-8.0, which seems awfully high. I can’t determine what is causing the problem. I do a weekly 40% water change. I vaccuum the gravel as best I can, but I don’t want to remove everything because otherwise my Cory won’t have anything to eat. I feed the fish every other day, either bloodworms, brine shrimp or Tetleys flake food.

My aquarium is a 6 gallon and I have 4 fish in there now and don’t plan to add any more. 1 female betta, 1 little albino cory and I added a couple little otos who help keep the algae in check. It’s a marineland system 6 that came with a pretty powerful filtration unit that seems to do a good job. I’ve also added an airstone and a heater and keep the temp pretty steady between 78 and 83 (it goes up a bit during the day). I have a couple plastic plants and some smooth gravel. Fish all seem happy and energetic.

Maybe my tapwater is just naturally alkaline? I do treat it before adding it to the tank.

The little guy is one month old now! =) I gave him some live baby brine shrimp for the first time, and decided to take a little video of it. He LOVES it! Actually, I think “he” is a “she”…. =D Enjoy!

To go along with my main question, can I use a tank divider for breeding? Where and what kind of plants can I use other than those four common plants? Where can I get brine shrimp hatchery and stuff about it? What is infusria and where do I get it?