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Supplies needed to breed betta fish?

Im going to the petstore today to get my female, and im going to get the supplies needed to breed as well. I know im going to need a 10 gallon tank, an under water heater, some brine shrimp to hatch, but what else?

I’ve already got a bubbler that will be on in the frys tank during the day, and off at night (they will be in my room, and the bubbler is to loud to sleep with)~is this ok.

So, what other supplies will I need?

Help my betta fry keeps on sinking, he can’t stay up for long and when he tries to swim he sinks to the bottom

I have a 5 week old betta fry, he is over half an inch and has been doing well until now. He keeps on sinking, he shoots up to the top for air then will sink back down. When he tries to swim he only declines back to the bottom. He stays on the bottom or sometimes lays on the heater or filter, sideways and gasping it seems. What do I do?! I feed my fish and none of the other have problems like this. I feed the fry microworms, baby brine shrimp (freshly hatched within 12 hours) and some atison’s betta starter. he is my biggest fish and I’m really worried about him. Help!