Kartoffel is a wild betta species called Mahachai betta. Cat grass stopped growing so I tried strawberries. I was pleasantly surprised how well they did. Strawberry plants are very hardy it seems. I never knew fresh strawberry right off the plant would smell so good.

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I bought the strawberry plants from a local gardening store. If you want to try it and can’t find it locally, you can get live roots here:

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Clay pebbles (hydroton) https://amzn.to/2XfxEU3


Making Brine Shrimp: https://youtu.be/qpU8Mwvb-FQ?t=239

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(I use deep sea salt, but I think other salts will work, too. Something like aquarium salt.)
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60ml syringe: https://amzn.to/2W9iWm5
Neodymium Magnet: https://amzn.to/2QkFABu

(*The most important part is the salinity and temperature. At room temperature and above, it’ll work fine. Higher the temps, the faster they’ll hatch. They’ll continue to hatch upto 48 hours. If it’s winter, try this method: https://youtu.be/dU5izzyxqeA?t=168 )
(*For salinity, I’m going by the 1 table spoon per liter rule. However, depending on the size of the table spoon, you might want to try 1 table spoon, or 1 1/4 table spoon…and so on. You might want to experiment and see how much salt yields the best result. The brine shrimp will live for 3~4 days max. You can just siphon out only the amount you want during each feeding.)


Favorite Kartoffel food:
Freeze dried blood worms https://amzn.to/2ISrbek
Frozen blood worms
Frozen brine shrimp
Frozen mysis shrimp
Live brine shrimp (eggs) https://amzn.to/2L0Y4rG

INDOBETTA Pellet Monster #2 – This might be difficult to find. Very few stores import this I think. I bought this at a LFS. Every betta is a little different with different pellets. I feed Kartoffel with several different kinds of pellets and this is his favorite.


Other easy to find pellets for betta:

Hikari Betta Bio-Gold https://amzn.to/2ByRG3h
New Life Spectrum Betta Formula https://amzn.to/2R36fWA
Ocean Nutrition Atison's Betta Food https://amzn.to/2RZBYF8
Fluval Bug Bites Betta https://amzn.to/2S0sBoJ




How I made the auto top off: https://youtu.be/Im9lDTRTAOk?t=269

Episode 9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLy9svjiIu4
Episode 8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAt1w3Y-ACE
Episode 7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpU8Mwvb-FQ
Episode 6 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ047sn5bFs
Episode 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYHmSM87dno
Episode 4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkuFdnurFHM
Episode 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7LEkEBvR68
Episode 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUp2-DqEfOE
SETUP video of this tank: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-ZWMGdKxJo

Light : Osram 14W CFL 6500K – duration 11 hours a day.
Temperature: 26°C (79°F)


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Gravel VAC:
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Desk lamp (I used the clamps to mount it) http://amzn.to/2svkS9s
GE CFL light bulb (14w 6500K) http://amzn.to/2tAPVQo
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This video was shot with:
Camera:
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Clip 3 in 1 lense photo kit. I only use the macro lens http://amzn.to/2HPggiF

Edited with Vegas Pro 15 https://amzn.to/2Hwu5C5


Music:

Liszt - Consolation No. 3 - Played by neemiasteixeira / edited by me