Fairy Shrimp – Brine Shrimp – Sea Monkeys

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Is it ok to feed neon tetras, black widow tetras and dwarf gourami sea monkeys?. Or should i use other live food that i can breed.

I have a 6 gal freshwater tank, it had 8 fish in it for 7 months. One small neon died. Some were showing stress with blood spots. I thought they were nipping at each other b/c I was underfeeding them (feeding once a day, sometimes twice). Frequently added salt. I did a 20% water change and bought 3 more fish, then all of a sudden my fish started dying. Nitrates were high and I lost all but 3 fish. My dealer (Petco) said I shouldn’t feed flakes, I should feed blood worms and brine shrimp or something. Tried that and fish didn’t eat it. I did another water change to get the nitrates normal. Then I lost the last 3. This all happened within a week. I tested the water with strips after they died. Nitrates were safe but pH and ammonia was too low. Where did I go wrong? I feel like I get mixed information from Petco all the time!! Now that my tank doesn’t have any more fish what should I do? The water is still flowing. Should I do a 80% change, wait 4-6 days, add 2-3 fish & start again?

I have tetramin tropical crisps for my neon tetras. They seem happy with them, but I would like to supplement their diet with other things to keep them healthy. What are some good options to round out their diet and don’t have the chance of carrying NTD into the tank? If I do brine shrimp, should they be freeze dried or live (husband has sea monkeys)?

I have an african brown knife fish in my aquarium, along with a few catfish and some neon and other types of tetras. I have been feeding everything some blood worms and brine shrimp, the frozen kind, and all the fish seem to be eating and enjoying the food. but still i have noticed that every morning I am 1 tetras short of the previous number i had.

I’ve heard ghost and brine shrimp and neon tetras so far.
To an aquarium, I mean.
I’m asking this question because I’ve seen it so many times that people say that bottom feeders, shrimp, etc don’t add much to the bioload because they eat the food that is going to rot on the bottom anyway. Since they still produce ammonia, they do add, but less because they also perform a cleaning job.

I don’t mean plants when I said organisms.