Ep.12 Strawberry Betta Tank (I Eat a Strawberry) No filter, No CO2, NO ferts Nano Tank

Kartoffel is a wild betta species called Mahachai betta. The strawberry plants produced so many strawberries this month. I’m not sure how long the plants can keep this up b/c some of the leaves started to die. I think the plants are using up the nutrients from the older leaves to help grow the strawberries. Maybe it’s time to start thinking about another plant to use when the strawberry plants finally give out. I like the strawberry plants b/c the roots don’t overgrow like the sweet potatoes, so I never had to trim them.

The strawberry tasted like what I would imagine a natural strawberry would taste like. Straight out of nature I did rinse it in running water first, though.

The nerite didn’t come out much this month. I think it’s b/c Kartoffel keeps chasing it.

Curry was annoyed when I gave her the strawberry, b/c earlier, I wouldn’t let her sleep in the closet full of freshly laundered clothes.

These days, I do monthly vacuuming of the gravel b/c when I did it too often, like once a week, the tank was too clean and there weren’t enough nutrients for the plants.

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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:

Live Strawberry (20 bare root plants) https://amzn.to/2MO6va5

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


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100% deep sea salt https://amzn.to/2YVeiFd
(I use deep sea salt, but I think other salts will work, too. Something like aquarium salt.)
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(*The most important part is the salinity and temperature. At room temperature, it might take 48 hours to hatch. At Higher the temps, they might hatch in less than 24 hours.

(*For salinity, I’m going by the 1 table spoon per liter rule. However, depending on the salt, you might want to try up to 2 table spoons.)


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

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




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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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GE CFL light bulb (14w 6500K) http://amzn.to/2tAPVQo
Philips CFL 13W T2 Daylight 6500K, 4-Pack http://amzn.to/2H67BrI
Almond leaves https://amzn.to/2S3B8Hn
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Music:

Franz Schubert - Serenade

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