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Aquarium Co-Op - 6 years ago

If you enjoyed this video, check out my Top 4 Betta Tank Mates Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmUTEUoY6Jg&index=8&list=PLNM4mDAXGxWx2xBHIYoP8FhhOZJeSmmMh

Chipotle_The_Snake - 6 years ago

“They may give parasites but it’s worth it” WTH?!

Aquarium Co-Op - 6 years ago

Have you ever fed frozen food to your fish? You're presenting them with the same risk. Have you ever eaten seafood at a restaurant? You're giving yourself the same risk. Everything in life has risk.

John Rey - 6 years ago

Can i feed them Doritos??

Aquarium Co-Op - 6 years ago

Yep

Steve Wood - 6 years ago

Omg i'm worried about my Betta because of the dragonfly that it just ate. Please help D:

Evo Guy - 6 years ago

Only true aquarium owners own betas ❤️

Bob Tate - 6 years ago

I bought some of the Fluval Bug Bites just out of curiosity and both of my bettas just love them. The ones for small tropical fish are tiny but the bettas love to hunt them down and attack them.

Lollipop power - 6 years ago

thank you so much! i almost had to euthanize my poor betta because of how sick he was but then i treated him and he still wouldn't eat then i tried these and now he's doing GREAT!!!

Fish-o Holic - 6 years ago

Is there any harm done if you don't squash the pea up before adding it to the aquarium.

I've heard feeding peas can help with constipation, I'm sure my female's got it (she's been hiding away for the past 3 days which isn't like her at all. I've not fed them for 24hrs and now I'm hoping the pea helps flush out the digestive system. Any feed back on this team ¿

Sho - 6 years ago

I feed mine daphnia! have a separate 5 gallon tank on the windowsill (facing west) and it hasn't crashed yet. It's been 1 month so far and they aren't as delicate as people make it out to be. They can handle a wide range of PH, ammonia, nitrite and nitrates so they can handle a dose of some miracle gro soluble fertilizer. They also don't need a heater (fluctuates between 68-85 daily). I haven't been feeding them but they seem to be doing all right. I might set up a separate jar just to culture green water for when the population eventually does die down.

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Joel Aquariums - 6 years ago

Hi guys this a important comment I live in McAllen,Texas my parents are very low on money and can't afford to buy me another aquarium so pls pray so my parents can get money to get me a African chiclid aquarium

Snooki Wookie Lemon Cookie - 6 years ago

My betta is an idiot. I have a few other fish that eat flakes in the tank and he has started to just eat flakes even though i give him pellets as well.

Kresna Mukti P - 6 years ago

Nice aquarium

ShelbyRae Lane - 6 years ago

We have had a betta in the house in one tank or another for the last 25 years. Currently the house resident loves tiny bug bites along with various worms.

dacz gegrbt - 6 years ago

If you want your bettas live forever feed them live daphnia stuffed with chlorela or spirulina

Lisa Combest - 6 years ago

Thanks, Cory. Good info. I have multiple bettas and do find that rotating out several foods really helps. I like to add daphnia to the mix to make sure they get enough "fiber" in their diet. I also live in S.E. Texas, so I get to grow my own mosquito larvae. They LOVE them. Definitely a natural food and they love hunting them.

Raymond Ashela - 6 years ago

TROPICAL AND NORTHFIN FOOD ARE BETTER.

V. Stag - 6 years ago

Awesome video Thanks for sharing #FishFam #NJAE18

Kelvin Nguyen - 6 years ago

Make a video about flowerhorns!!! Pleaseee

Sheila Patoray - 6 years ago

Are scarlet bades shell dwellers and how many can you have in a 5 gallon

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Simon Richard - 6 years ago

Hi
I guess you don't ship to France right ? Here we don't have that variety of food too bad

Crazy Carno Lady - 6 years ago

I have started feeding mine frozen blood worms and very really a guppy fry. They get to chase and catch it, good for them. I also feed pellets of corse when I need to feed them quick.

Captn Jack - 6 years ago

"Oh" to have a high-quality fish store here in SE Indiana.

TOMMYTIPPER - 6 years ago

Would love to see a video on ivanacara no one seems to do videos on them at all.

Shane White - 6 years ago

Off-topic Corey how many Tums do you usually put in a 20 gallon and how often

Brianna Mundwiller - 6 years ago

I like the fluval bug bites for small fish they are dried insects I believe

alireza manavi - 6 years ago

Very good please post more video about Betta fish

william amely - 6 years ago

Some folks like using Fluval's Bug Bites food for their Bettas. Is this pellet food something you'd recommend to feed them?

justin lee - 6 years ago

william amely fluval bug bites is highly recommended even Cory himself uses it.

Jordan Yang - 6 years ago

Fluval bug bites during the weak, and live black worms or blood worms on weekends for me. Mines in a community tank too btw.

Essie S - 6 years ago

What about Grindal Worms?? I’m raising a culture for my fry now.

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NigiVlogs - 6 years ago

Is blackworms tubifex? I always got my fish sick when I gave them that. They pull them out of sewers.

Kurstie Phillips - 6 years ago

I love my Betta community tank, I just got to upgrade to a 38 from a 10!!! It has 6 female bettas, 4 blind cave tetras (they're almost as cool as the bettas), 5" bristlenose, and a 4.5" yoyo loach. My only problem is I'm not sure who's eating all of my plants! (Pretty sure it's the tetras). Also in a lot of fish videos I see these floating plants with awesome roots, what are thos?! I would love some!

jackal198666 - 6 years ago

Love your vids mate.

AnimeJuliet123 - 6 years ago

I like tiger barbs but I don't know what fish I can put with them with my newest aquarium. What fish get along with barbs? How big can they grow? are they highly aggressive to other fish than tetra's? and how long do I quarantine a fish for? I am new to this hobby and still have a ton to learn. Especially on filters, Petco told me no more than 5 in a tank but I find it to little for my 10 gallon and I want to be able to put more for my 16 gallon tank. What filters are best for a 16-20 gallon without over doing it. please help me.

Raul Santiago - 6 years ago

I just bought a betta and this pops up in the recommends

CrowntailHalfmoon - 6 years ago

Hi aquarium coop
Where do you get betta fish food in bulk for cheap like flakes and pellets?

Matt Cline - 6 years ago

Should you hydrate the freeze dried bloodworms first and to you have your own slow sinking pellet food?

LiLed - 6 years ago

thank you so much i just contacted you on twitter about my picky betta fish starving him making him seem more interested in the food just not eating yet going to try the freeze dried brine shrimp or blood worms

Reegon Fall - 6 years ago

Was seeking some advice if you can please help! I have a tank measuring 72x18x24inches. Circumstances has required me to get a somewhat smaller tank. None of my fish grow any larger than about 6 inches, headstanders, red rainbows, stuff like that. I have heard it said if you take fish out of a large tank then put them in a smaller tank, they simply don't do as well. For me I was thinking of going for a 60x16x22inches but I'm more or less not sure which to emphasize on, depth or length? Overall it's what is best for the fish is most important. Thank you!

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Paulthe Gamer - 6 years ago

Guys how many times do I have to feed black neon tetra?

Aquarium Co-Op - 6 years ago

Once a day

Blaine Billings - 6 years ago

Where can I purchase live blackworms?

Aquarium Co-Op - 6 years ago

Local fish stores

Sean Ford - 6 years ago

My betta would eat flakes and blood worms.

Lyndon Durgan - 6 years ago

Flake, frozen brine shrimp, and frozen blood worms. On a 3 night cycle.

Lyndon Durgan - 6 years ago

Aquarium Co-Op Basic Tetra flakes. He was raised on this cycle from a fry.

Aquarium Co-Op - 6 years ago

Which flake does your Betta like?

Mayhem's tank 522 - 6 years ago

thanks for all the info cory glad to support my "local fish store" in washington thank you all at aquarium Co-Op from spokane.

Brideout - 6 years ago

Knowledgeable beyond belief keep it up

Aquarium Co-Op - 6 years ago

Thanks

Heather Nielsen - Scarlet Aquatics - 6 years ago

Great info. My Bettas love Bloodworms, White Worms and Bug Bites.

Gingertea 788 - 6 years ago

I have a dangerous allergy to blood worms, anaphylaxis actually, similar to peanut allergies some people experience. This is not uncommon to people who have lots of exposure to blood worms. So a word of caution, wash your hands after handling them. My poor bettas will never get to have them, they do enjoy frozen or freeze dried daphnia though.

zu phlos - 6 years ago

wow that's scary. Did you become allergic over a long period of time? How did you find out? Not the hard way I hope!

khaki91 - 6 years ago

Gingertea 788 use chopsticks? Lol

Bastian DuVane - 6 years ago

When I was trying to figure out what my latest betta would eat he started going after the food I was feeding the smaller fish in the tank. Bug bites for Small fish. He doesn't mind eating alongside the neons and the rasboras because they don't compete with him for food.

susan fantozzi - 6 years ago

I feed mine bug bites and frozen mysis shrimp. I also have a few different pellets hakari and Aqueon . I tried frozen blood worms, aside from grossing me out, Bettas would only eat while they were floating through the water. Once they hit bottom they never touched again, lfs recommended trying the frozen mysis shrimp, not only the best nutrition in frozen food they hunt down every last one!

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Gozew StuffNThings - 6 years ago

My damn betta will only eat hikari mini pellets.. daphnia, bloodworm, brine shrimp nope! Damn Clive!

Rae's Aquaria - 6 years ago

"Bettas are a gateway fish" should totally be a t-shirt. And this was a great comprehensive list! Variety is the spice of life.

Vicki Davis - 6 years ago

Love it❤. Would buy a shirt like that.

Khai1290 - 6 years ago

Rae's Aquaria agreed I would buy that shirt!

Phillguy - 6 years ago

Good Lord. My betta is a pig. I didn't know they were finicky eaters.

A Gamer's Wife - 6 years ago

Phillguy Haha ditto. Mine tries to eat floating bits of leaves and other inedible debris he spots in the water column.

HollowedShell - 6 years ago

My Betta is such a picky eater. He refuses to eat anything frozen, except for the occasional brine shrimp. He used to eat Omega One tropical flakes, but, again, now he refuses to (even with new can). We did find that he likes Fluval's bug bites, and he'll nibble on the Repashy we feed the others. He's also very lazy. If you don't put the pellet right in front of his face, he won't eat it because he won't chase it down.

nick nuthouse - 6 years ago

Any advise on koi food
Everything I find is so hit and miss on info or price
I have no clue why one 10pound bag is 35 and another is 75
Help
Heck if you sell one you like I'll just buy that

Aquarium Co-Op - 6 years ago

The price usually dictates the quality. What makes up quality is mostly how much filler is in the foods. The theory that you can feed less food to get the same nutrients to the fish resulting in much less waste. I find hikari gold koi food to be a nice middle of the road food mixed with the silk worm food

Bob Caylor's Fish Hobby - 6 years ago

Very cool trick placing live Black Worms in the substrate. I'm worming seven Amazon Puffers. They're 1/2" to 1" right now. Discovered they will pick up some BW from the white sand, BUT they eat 10s the amt if I drop them on the thin layer of gravels. They hunt them all day, until next 12 hr feeding. Who knew.... Thanks for another great short vid. Plants are looking awesome. Are those long Vals, the single strands?

Christopher Fish - 6 years ago

If you are like me and have a zillion live bearers who are very healthy. I would put fry at the top of the list of best betta foods. It controls your fish population which helps your aquariums out. Nothing goes to waste and the Betta's get to use their hunting instincts. I end up with 300 fry a month so I have an unlimited supply of Betta and other predator food. Creates a nice circle. I don't cull, I use the less desirables. I can sell them as Mosquitofish to ranchers and I also have live food.
For those who consider this cruel, trust me so many fry are eaten that people don't know about in community aquariums with live bearers - this is already happening.

susan fantozzi - 6 years ago

Darius Warden hahaha! So true! I just had a bloom of wigglers from plants that I got at an auction. Seems like I've scooped hundreds the last few days. Bettas are having a blast!

filthyanimal - 6 years ago

I have a lot of luck with the Hikari betta food and tropical Bug Bites by Fluval. Thawed frozen blood worms are an excellent pick-me-up for lethargic rescue bettas, as it encourages picky eaters to finally eat! I like trying new things to so I'll have to try some of these on our bettas. Thank you Cory!

Meh - 6 years ago

Can the live worms crawl up the glass and out of the tank if the betta doesn't eat them right away?

Semi-related follow-up: Will bettas harass/kill any inverts (mystery snails, amano shrimp, etc.) that are too large for them to gobble up?

rainishell - 6 years ago

yaaaaaaaaaas queen come thru with that betta buffet realness.

Rui Joca - 6 years ago

missing the videos, when you have your fishroom, sorry for my English, greetings from Portugal

iiTs LeGit - 6 years ago

Like if we should get a Guppie fishroom update!!!!

EvergreenState Aquatics - 6 years ago

My Betta really likes krill worms daphnia and pellets not so much flake food though.

Daybird Aviaries - 6 years ago

You should pin this comment.

Arenos Karlaen - 6 years ago

If you're having trouble getting your Betta to eat pellets I'd recommend trying to get the smallest pellet food you can get. My Betta refused to eat the New Life Spectrum Betta pellets because they were too big but I then tried Dennerle Betta Booster and he loves em'! He gets super hyped whenever I open the packet in front of him whereas when I had the NLS pellets he'd ignore me.

Lee Rose - 6 years ago

How do I get my plants to Pearl. I no your the fresh water king but is there any chance you could do a pod cast on Marco algae please great vid

Aquarium Co-Op - 6 years ago

Freshwater plants pearl when you reach maximize oxygen saturation in the water column and the plants are still producing oxygen.

Darko Leskovšek - 6 years ago

You really gotta make a "That type of thing" shirt :D

Este Glez - 6 years ago

Flightless fruit flies are good feed as well, some Petco’s sell coltures

NaraMouse101 - 6 years ago

The petsmart near me sells them too. I never considered them as fish food but that's an awesome idea!

Meow - 6 years ago

Love hearing your favourite products

Villiam Yaj - 6 years ago

I used live blood or blackworms plus tiny meal worms beef heart & even liver for my bettas is that good enough

filthyanimal - 6 years ago

Bunta Fujawara I get them frozen in little cubes at our local fish store, but I've seen them at most pet stores, too, with the frozen mice and such.

Villiam Yaj - 6 years ago

Bunta Fujawara get them from my pet store live instead of frozen or Amazon might have it there for bulk

Bunta Fujawara - 6 years ago

Where do you buy bloodworm?

filthyanimal - 6 years ago

I've heard of people feeding all of these especially for picky eaters, so I imagine so. It might be good to add a pellet food for extra vitamins but if your betta is eating well and seems healthy you're probably good!

s r - 6 years ago

how do i feed freez dried brain shrimp to small betta?

jeff S - 6 years ago

congrats on 150k subs

jeff S - 6 years ago

not a problem keep the content coming

Aquarium Co-Op - 6 years ago

Thanks!

Christian Life’s of pets - 6 years ago

Mine lather eat blood worms

CD 1 - 6 years ago

Bug Bites ????

Aquarium Co-Op - 6 years ago

I find it to be a bit messy for a Betta only tank

Kenneth Reyes - 6 years ago

You didn’t mention omega one or new life spectrum.. I’m offended!!! XD

Aquarium Co-Op - 6 years ago

Katie Lara - 6 years ago

where can i buy live worms ?

s r - 6 years ago

Kurstie Phillips i use to get it off ebay and stuff

Kurstie Phillips - 6 years ago

Where online?

s r - 6 years ago

Katie Lara pet store and online

Monkey Nut - 6 years ago

Feed them M&Ms... or is that for Cory ??

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Bt massam ?

Bt massam - 6 years ago

Monkey Nut bully

Gabriel Martucci - 6 years ago

helpful

AVE ZEUS - 6 years ago

I culture flightless fruit flies, the bettas love them.

Cris Vega - 6 years ago

The Butcher fiddlin ben

Lol

Mimiheart9 - 6 years ago

I do frozen mysis and frozen daphnia along with frozen bloodworms. All of my bettas like the small bites bug bites -- that's the only "community" food that all of them like. My female likes most community foods. I try and avoid freeze dried with my bettas because I've had constipation problems in the past from freeze dried, though I know it's not common.