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    Blackworm Culture for Fry?

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    So I have some fry I'm raising up and I want to get them on blackworms at some point. Anyone have any tips for culturing them? I've been doing my own research on other parts of the internet and I read this thread on the matter on this very forum but I was wondering if there was anything else I could learn before I start. Right now I have a plastic bin with a layer of gravel and about eight inches of water in it. I'm seeding a sponge filter to cycle it later and I have a place where I can buy starter blackworms.

    Admittedly I kinda want to keep this on the lower effort side because the culture's going to be in my basement for temperature reasons and I don't yet have an easy way to do water changes. (Aside from carrying a bucket up and down the stairs lol)

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    Backyard Mini-Pond Journal!

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    I'd read that medaka eggs are super low maintenance so I've just got them in a sterilite shoebox full of dechlorinated water and some floating plants from established tanks. I don't have air running or anything and about 10 have hatched already. For feeding I've just been tapping a paintbrush loaded with Hikari First Bites on the rim of the box to get the powder to settle on the water's surface.

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    Backyard Mini-Pond Journal!

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    On 5/8/2023 at 7:58 PM, Guppysnail said:

    Thanks for sharing this. I have been using stratification with limited success. I will switch to scarification. Did you use any stratification as well? If so can you share your method please. 

    I haven't used stratification, just scarification. Unfortunately while I have been able to get them to sprout offshoots they haven't been growing leaves? Some of them are indoors and some outdoors, so I'm wondering if I haven't hit the right combination of warmth+sunlight yet.

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    Backyard Mini-Pond Journal!

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    On 5/8/2023 at 6:55 PM, Patrick_G said:

    Four days isn’t generally long enough to cycle a pond. You can test it by adding some ammonia, if it’s fully cycled your test will show the ammonia dropping to zero and nitrates rising. If your ammonia isn’t zero or you’re seeing nitrites then you still have some time to go. Since you’re just adding a few small fish to a relatively large amount of water you’ll probably be fine doing a fish in cycle because by the time the toxins build up to harmful levels the pond will be cycled. 

    Oh! I said this bc I tested already, it's showing 0/0/20ppm for ammonia/nitrites/nitrates. Also I forgot to mention that I'd pre-seeded my filter for like a month beforehand, so it didn't totally come out of nowhere but I was still surprised how fast it happened

    That and there's an ammonia source in there already.

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    Ideal betta diet/ What do you feed?

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    On 4/20/2023 at 1:11 PM, FLFishChik said:

    Ok… hear me out…

    buy those individuals pill containers, fill them with a month or two worth of food and then put the rest into the freezer. Refill as needed.

    OR

     

    Fill ALL of containers up with each food.. store all the same food in a ziplock of their own (all the pellets in one bag, all the flakes in one bag and so on) in the freezer. when 1 container runs out, then ya just reach into the freezer and pull out a ready to go container.

    Oh, there's a thought. I will consider this, thank you 😮

     

    Ideal betta diet/ What do you feed?

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    On 4/20/2023 at 12:10 PM, Lennie said:

    Understandable! I usually keep most of my freshly opened food in the freezer and never touch those packs. Maybe u can try it! 
     

    Having two food at least can be a good idea.

     

    What makes betta food special for bettas? 

    This will probably sound silly but my brain has this "out of sight, out of mind" thing going on where if something isn't in a place where I'll pass by it all the time I just kinda ignore it. It's not that I'm doing it intentionally, it's just how my brain works.

    So unfortunately I don't pass by the fridge in my house when it's feeding time for the boy, and I'm worried about just forgetting to use the food that requires refrigeration and falling back on the pellets anyway. It's why the bloodworms are only a once in a while thing- well, aside from them also being kinda fatty.

    As far as I'm aware, food specially formulated for bettas is mostly just high in protein and (ideally) low in stuff like carbs and plant matter. (I say ideally because not all food brands follow this lol) I assume it also has specific minerals and nutrients that bettas would need, but I haven't really researched that so take my assumption with a grain of salt.

     

    Backyard Mini-Pond Journal!

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    Progress has been halted for now as I realized the outlet in the yard is not working. 😔

    Called an electrician but I still need to get a quote for how much it'll cost to get a line out there. I'd try using some kind of solar power bank but all the ones I was able to find that actually looked like they had build quality were about as expensive as just calling an electrician. Anyone got any recs in case I'm not able to get the electrician in?

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