Uploaded October 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Kartoffel is a wild betta species called Mahachai betta. The strawberry plants started to grow new leaves but stopped producing flowers. Toward the end of the month, they started to produce flowers again. I don’t know why. The new flowers started to produce regular looking strawberries. The two odd looking strawberries are from one month before. I think they stalled and ended up looking like that. What strange looking strawberries!
I changed the salt recently when making the brine shrimp. 1 1/2 to 2 table spoons per liter (4 cups). It seems to work the best around that amount. If your brine shrimp isn’t hatching well, try adding more salt. Also, the room temps are around 22°C or 72°F. At this temperature, it’s taking around nearly 2 days for the brine shrimp to hatch. At 26°C or 79°F, it only takes around 24 hours for them to hatch.
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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) amzn.to/2MO6va5
Clay pebbles (hydroton) amzn.to/2XfxEU3
Making Brine Shrimp: youtu.be/qpU8Mwvb-FQ?t=239
Brine shrimp eggs: amzn.to/2L0Y4rG
100% deep sea salt amzn.to/2YVeiFd
(I use deep sea salt, but I think other salts will work, too. Something like aquarium salt.)
Brine shrimp net: amzn.to/30Gkrqg
60ml syringe: amzn.to/2W9iWm5
Neodymium Magnet: 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: 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 amzn.to/2ISrbek
Frozen blood worms
Frozen brine shrimp
Frozen mysis shrimp
Live brine shrimp (eggs) 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 amzn.to/2ByRG3h
New Life Spectrum Betta Formula amzn.to/2R36fWA
Ocean Nutrition Atison's Betta Food amzn.to/2RZBYF8
Fluval Bug Bites Betta amzn.to/2S0sBoJ
How I made the auto top off: youtu.be/Im9lDTRTAOk?t=269
Episode 10 youtube.com/watch?v=JM522-JRJYY
Episode 9 youtube.com/watch?v=RLy9svjiIu4
Episode 8 youtube.com/watch?v=iAt1w3Y-ACE
Episode 7 youtube.com/watch?v=qpU8Mwvb-FQ
Episode 6 youtube.com/watch?v=OZ047sn5bFs
Episode 5 youtube.com/watch?v=HYHmSM87dno
Episode 4 youtube.com/watch?v=OkuFdnurFHM
Episode 3: youtube.com/watch?v=o7LEkEBvR68
Episode 2: youtube.com/watch?v=LUp2-DqEfOE
SETUP video of this tank: youtube.com/watch?v=d-ZWMGdKxJo
Light : Osram 14W CFL 6500K – duration 11 hours a day.
Temperature: 26°C (79°F)
Aquarium Siphon: amzn.to/2Hya9Ct
Gravel VAC:
amzn.to/2U0RZuY
amzn.to/2W4KcOI
amzn.to/2sFpt6O
amzn.to/2RJinx7
Desk lamp (I used the clamps to mount it) amzn.to/2svkS9s
GE CFL light bulb (14w 6500K) amzn.to/2tAPVQo
Philips CFL 13W T2 Daylight 6500K, 4-Pack amzn.to/2H67BrI
Almond leaves amzn.to/2S3B8Hn
Hornwort amzn.to/2srT6HY
2~3mm gravel 20lb bag amzn.to/2gJ5tOl
2~3mm gravel 5lb bag amzn.to/2y3e3ih
15pcs diamond hole saw amzn.to/2DGGXqL
Magnetic thermometer amzn.to/2LRCrXd
Mini Algae scrubber amzn.to/2MHbOHJ
amzn.to/2PrgIXZ
Aquarium lid clips (gotta know the thickness or your aquarium) amzn.to/2qW9S1T
seiryu stone amzn.to/2K5rVuX
Inline Switch (I use them for pumps and heaters during water changes) amzn.to/2L05ozT
Music:
Erik Satie
Je te Vous
Kartoffel is a wild betta species called Mahachai betta. The strawberry plants started to grow new leaves but stopped producing flowers. Toward the end of the month, they started to produce flowers again. I don’t know why. The new flowers started to produce regular looking strawberries. The two odd looking strawberries are from one month before. I think they stalled and ended up looking like that. What strange looking strawberries!
I changed the salt recently when making the brine shrimp. 1 1/2 to 2 table spoons per liter (4 cups). It seems to work the best around that amount. If your brine shrimp isn’t hatching well, try adding more salt. Also, the room temps are around 22°C or 72°F. At this temperature, it’s taking around nearly 2 days for the brine shrimp to hatch. At 26°C or 79°F, it only takes around 24 hours for them to hatch.
Patreon: patreon.com/footheflowerhorn
Youtube Member: youtube.com/channel/UC3Kk8tvhHkWMMfKBb0q0X9g/join
Paypal: paypal.me/footheflowerhorn
Merch: teespring.com/stores/foo-store
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) amzn.to/2MO6va5
Clay pebbles (hydroton) amzn.to/2XfxEU3
Making Brine Shrimp: youtu.be/qpU8Mwvb-FQ?t=239
Brine shrimp eggs: amzn.to/2L0Y4rG
100% deep sea salt amzn.to/2YVeiFd
(I use deep sea salt, but I think other salts will work, too. Something like aquarium salt.)
Brine shrimp net: amzn.to/30Gkrqg
60ml syringe: amzn.to/2W9iWm5
Neodymium Magnet: 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: 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 amzn.to/2ISrbek
Frozen blood worms
Frozen brine shrimp
Frozen mysis shrimp
Live brine shrimp (eggs) 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 amzn.to/2ByRG3h
New Life Spectrum Betta Formula amzn.to/2R36fWA
Ocean Nutrition Atison's Betta Food amzn.to/2RZBYF8
Fluval Bug Bites Betta amzn.to/2S0sBoJ
How I made the auto top off: youtu.be/Im9lDTRTAOk?t=269
Episode 10 youtube.com/watch?v=JM522-JRJYY
Episode 9 youtube.com/watch?v=RLy9svjiIu4
Episode 8 youtube.com/watch?v=iAt1w3Y-ACE
Episode 7 youtube.com/watch?v=qpU8Mwvb-FQ
Episode 6 youtube.com/watch?v=OZ047sn5bFs
Episode 5 youtube.com/watch?v=HYHmSM87dno
Episode 4 youtube.com/watch?v=OkuFdnurFHM
Episode 3: youtube.com/watch?v=o7LEkEBvR68
Episode 2: youtube.com/watch?v=LUp2-DqEfOE
SETUP video of this tank: youtube.com/watch?v=d-ZWMGdKxJo
Light : Osram 14W CFL 6500K – duration 11 hours a day.
Temperature: 26°C (79°F)
Aquarium Siphon: amzn.to/2Hya9Ct
Gravel VAC:
amzn.to/2U0RZuY
amzn.to/2W4KcOI
amzn.to/2sFpt6O
amzn.to/2RJinx7
Desk lamp (I used the clamps to mount it) amzn.to/2svkS9s
GE CFL light bulb (14w 6500K) amzn.to/2tAPVQo
Philips CFL 13W T2 Daylight 6500K, 4-Pack amzn.to/2H67BrI
Almond leaves amzn.to/2S3B8Hn
Hornwort amzn.to/2srT6HY
2~3mm gravel 20lb bag amzn.to/2gJ5tOl
2~3mm gravel 5lb bag amzn.to/2y3e3ih
15pcs diamond hole saw amzn.to/2DGGXqL
Magnetic thermometer amzn.to/2LRCrXd
Mini Algae scrubber amzn.to/2MHbOHJ
amzn.to/2PrgIXZ
Aquarium lid clips (gotta know the thickness or your aquarium) amzn.to/2qW9S1T
seiryu stone amzn.to/2K5rVuX
Inline Switch (I use them for pumps and heaters during water changes) amzn.to/2L05ozT
Music:
Erik Satie
Je te Vous
