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I feed my fish once every two days, and they are all healthy and lively. I only feed everyday if I have fry or fishes that are still growing. Give it a try, if you don't see any adverse effect, why not? Helps to keep water cleaner.

I use a chopstick to stir the sand up abit so that the debris are floating, then siphon them up. Stir gently tho

About 20% water change on both my planted tanks. I also only feed once every 2 days, which helps as the fish produces less waste

Just snip the dying leaf from as close to the bottom as you can reach.

I also personally use new life spectrum as a staple and rotate some freeze dried and frozen food in between. I use the NLS Betta formula, but I only feed once every 2 days for a mature betta

Try 2 in the morning and then 1 in the evening. I think 3 pellets a day is plenty for a Betta

10g would be perfect for a nice fancy betta

Yeap, my full grown one is about 3.5cm. They behave very differently compared to pygmies. More like a regular cories, true bottom dwellers.

A 5 gallon is really too small for mollies. I hope the store can let you return them.

I think just stay with what you have now. Getting more cories will just compound on the mistake. It's really unfortunate some stores grossly misinform customers just to sell fish.

To be honest, I think you are well stocked now. I wouldn't add more if you ask me. Keep an easy to maintain tank and you'll find yourself in the hobby for a long time

If you want to add live food to their diet, maybe try live microworms. They are easy to culture and maintain. But you already have a good rotation of diet there for them.

I use these pellets too. If possible feed twice a day, 4 - 5 pellets each serve

If you wanna keep shrimp with any schooling fish, chili rasboras are probably your best bet. I've kept a colony of cherry shrimp with these guys before in a 5 gallon, and the chili's didn't come close to putting a dent in the shrimp population

5 sinking hikari wafers for 4 dwarf corys is alot. I would say you really don't need that many. I feed one wafer to 10 dwarf cories once every two days, and that's all they needed. Try cutting the the portion down and I bet you will not get any adverse results. Try 3 wafers, then maybe 2, and...

I recommend new life spectrum Betta pellets and maybe also frozen daphnia if possible. Both of these plus the flakes and bloodworms you already have makes a good diet rotation

OP, if you looking to sway away from keeping pygmies, this is fine. Dwarf Cory's can be hit and miss, if they get pass the 3 months mark in your tank, they will generally go on to live long and healthy lives. Recently for the past 6 months, the group of habrosus I have for the past 3 years plus...

8 clown killifish and a pair of licorice gourami

Sometimes when it comes to stocking, less is more. I prefer tanks were you'd need to stare for a while to see all it's inhabitants instead of thousands with fishes zipping around. But that's just me. I agree that adding 2 to 3 embers are fine but advice against the cories

I'd keep the shrimp as the bottom feeders. 15g is a little too small for copies imo. I would add 10 Neon Tetras and call it a day for now. Once your black skirt passes, then maybe consider a centrepiece fish like a honey gourami. A Betta might work, but they typically like warmer water compared...