my beta, the it is pretty cold, how can i keep my beta safe from gettin too cold. the water is cloudy in 3 da

Question

days and he is not eating his flakes.

Answer 1

Everyone talk about giving their fish blood worms. Blood worms should only be given as a special treat. Giving to much will make the water cloudy and more frequent water changes. Also, try feeding him/her bio-gold betta pellets. Remove any uneaten from the tank to avoid cloudy tank, infections, etc.

If you keep your Betta in small bowl, keep a jug of clean, de-chlorinated tap water in the same room as your Betta. This will help facilitate routine water changes and ensure that water is available to top off the bowl to make up for evaporation.

Answer 2

Change the water immediately. Use cold water from your tap, and be sure to add a reputable dechlorinator.

Place the bowl or tank in a warm location or get an aquarium heater. Betta's like the water to be up to about 80 degrees F.
My betta bowl is unheated but sits atop a minifridge that throws off some heat. If it gets to cold, your fish will stop eating a die.

Stop feeding your fish too much. That's why your water clouds up in 3 days. Feed the fish once every other day, as much as he can eat in 3 minutes... no more! The cloudy water is probably laced with ammonia which would be fatal to almost any other fish. Research your fish species and you will find that betta's breath atmospheric air in addition to getting oxygen from the water.

Good luck!

Answer 3

In case you didn't know, bettas are TROPICAL fish from South East Asia where the temps are in the 80's most of the time. Bettas need water temp to be between 76-82. In the wild, they live, on average, 5 years. In small unheated bowls, vases and other unsuitable containers they are lucky to reach 2 years of age. I can imagine that it is two years of hell.

Low temps and poor water quality will eventually compromise the betta's immune system and lead to an opportunistic disease like rin rot, ich, velvet or something just as deadly. A 2" betta needs at least 2 gallons of heated, filtered water. You should be doing regular (weekly) PARTIAL (25-30%) water changes, not 100%.

If you change all the water (100%), any beneficail bacteria built up will be lost and you will have to start the nitrogen cycle from the beginning, hence the cloudy water soon after the change. Partial water changes....regularly.

Goldfish are suitable for cold (room temperature) water tanks and even they need a filter to clean out debris. They need water changes too.

Answer 4

I went home on break last year and of course brought my fish with me. One of them refused to eat anything for a while, and I just kept trying different types of food. Of course, if a Betta is cold, he will more than likely not eat anything, which was the primary issue with my fish. Also, some fish don't recognize the flakes as food. My RA had that problem, so I gave her some pellets that I had, and her fish ate them right up. Blood worms are really good for protein also, and my fish love to eat them! Try warming the water up using a light (remember to turn it off at night!) or putting the bowl in a warmer room. Also try some different kinds of food. I go to PetsMart for my food, because if my fish don't eat it, I can return it in a few days, and they don't say anything about it.

The cloudy water might be because of the kind of food you are feeding him. If he is not eating and it's sinking to the bottom and just rotting, it can cause the bowl to cloud up. Remember, a fish's stomach is no bigger than his eye, so he doesn't need any more food than that at any one time.

So, try warming the room and water up, feeding different choices of food, and not feeding him too much at one time. This might help your problems. Good luck! :)

Answer 5

well I feed my Betta pellets for Bettas. And I change the water as soon as it starts to get cloudy unfortunately that's a chore for fish in bowls. As for the cold, mine is kept in a room where I have a floor heater so he stays room temp. If you have a tropical fish tank that has a filter and a heater you can always put him in there then you wont have to worry about him getting colds or changing the water. You can always get one of those Little 5 gal ones in your local pet store. they have a light attached so it kinda keeps the water warm.

If you do get a tank make sure you get no aggressive fish cause they will nip his fins an maybe even kill him.

Good luck Bettas are fun pets. I love all 3 of mine.

Answer 6

First of all, Fish are cold blooded so he'll be fine in the cold as long as the water is room temperature. Second, Stop feeding him so much. Fish don't eat every day. You should only be feeding him, at most, 3 times a week. That will ensure that your tank stays cleaner also.I recommend that you cut down to 3 times a week and then to 2.