How to clean bowl with beta?

Question

I bought my beta yesterday, and was wondering, in a week when it's time to clean the bowl, how exactly do you do this? Empty all the water or a quarter of it? should i take my fish out or leave him in (not when emptying all the water obviously) do i clean the rocks on the bottom every week also??
Thanks!!

Sorry, i was in a hurry when i first wrote my question, i guess i should have been more specific. It's a 1 gallon bowl with gravel on the bottom and a fake plant in the middle, and yes it doesn't have a filter. Thanks for your answers so far!

Answer 1

I have 4 male bettas in their own tanks, no filters (they're in the process of getting a bigger tank that si filtered and such). this is how I clean theirs...

1. have conditoned water ready, enough to fill the bowl, same temp as the bowl water.
2. pour some into a cup ( I use the ones they come in) and use the net to put the bett in the cup.
3. get a strainer or colander and put all the rock into the colander and put it in the sink, run water of them while swishing them around, this get all the poop out of the rock, as long as you do this for a few seconds and don't use soap or vinegar or anything, it won't kill the bacreria.
4. let the tank drain while you rinse and wipe the tank.
5. put the rocks and plant back in, add water.
6. dump the cup of water the betta is in into the bowl.

while full water changes should NEVER be done in a tank, in bowls it is needed because there is notihng to filter out all the toxins and stuff. I highly recomend getting a small, filtered, heated tank. just a 2.5gallon or a 5gallon.

Answer 2

i have a beta it's pretty simple too. Just pour the beta with it's old water into another glass but keep the rocks in the first bowl. Then you pour sink water into the bowl with the rocks half way and start moving the bowl so the water gets between the rocks and all around the bowl (make sure not to touch anything inside the bowl). Then pour new water from the original water bottle into the bowl once you've taken the sink water out. Do what you did with the sink water and then empty it. Then take more water from the water bottle and fill the bowl up to an inch from the rim. Then empty the dirty water with the fish inside into the sink but cover half of the glass with something so the fish won't fall out then quickly drop the fish into the new bowl. If you have touched one of the rocks don't put it back into the bowl and keep the fish out of direct sunlight. =]

Answer 3

I use a holder tank when I change the water. They are the little Betta ones and I keep him there for 24 hours while the water conditions. I would leave a little bit of water in there so the good bacteria get in the new tank right away. I change the water whenever it gets cloudy. You can only use drinking water to refill it. Tap water will kill him unless you use water conditioner and let it sit for 24 hours. NO offense, I hope you don't keep him in a small tank. He should at least be in a 2.5 gallon. If not, then get a net and a big thing of drinking water. Dump the old water in the sink, fill it up with drinking water, then scoop him up with the net and but him back in the tank.

Answer 4

Never drain 100% of the water. In a bowl it is best to clean more often than every week, because bowls a small and are difficult to filter.(Can I assume you have no filter?) If that's the case then you need to clean every 1-2 days, but even that won't be enough. Bettas also need heated water around 80 degrees, just making sure you know that.

Answer 5

I clean my tank using a turkey baster because a gravel cleaner is to big for his small tank but if yours is in a bowl you should probably change about half of his water every 3 or so.Make sure you get down into his gravel and suck up any waste.Really the best thing to do for him would be to get a small 1 or 2 gallon tank they aren't that expensive and if its at least 2 gallons you could get a small heater and filter for him.He will have a much better and longer life in a little tank then a bowl.

Answer 6

Use spring water. Fill his cup that he came in with fresh water. You will have to net him or hand catch him and get him into the cup. Hold the cup over the bowl in case he flips out of your net or hand. Pour out his old water, and clean the rocks or glass with running water and drain. You may have to do this a few times until you see nothing more comming out of the rocks. Then fill with scalding hot water from the tap and let sit until it is cool enough not to scald your skin. Drain. Wipe out with a paper towel and let bowl cool to room temp, as it air dries. Fill with fresh water and pour your betta in. This is how I've done it for years. Whatever you do, don't use any soap. You may use a paper towel soaked in hydrogen peroxide if you need to scrub it. Hydrogen Peroxide will not harm your betta. Only adds oxygen to water, but kills micro-organisms.

Answer 7

in case you do no longer desire to depart the hot water out to dechlorinate you need to use water conditioner. particularly of waiting for the water to realize room temperature, you need to purchase a small thermometer to make beneficial the hot water is the comparable temperature. in simple terms recognize fixing the water thoroughly each few days (this is what you need to do with a bowl) is extremely annoying on your fish. make beneficial it has lots of room on the exterior to return up for air. A tank 2.5+ gallons is a plenty greater advantageous determination. i bypass to tricky by way of fact you reported any documents is liked, and that i'm assuming you're new at this. examine as much as you may on the information superhighway approximately bettas. that's a fantasy that they do superb in bowls and tiny cups. They do superb with a fragile filter out, a heater (seventy 8-82F), silk plant life and comfortable decorations that may not snag or rip their fins. they are able to be community fish, yet they are able to't be with others of the comparable species, or people who're equivalent to them (fantastic, long fins, aggressive). So, while you're able, it could be plenty greater worthwhile to purchase a tank or perhaps upload some different fish or snails. With greater area it is going to take finished earnings and swim throughout, and be greater lively. Kits are greater costly for smaller setups, yet you get each thing. you need to have the ability to spend much less in case you get a ordinary 10 gallon with a hood.

Answer 8

What you can do is buy a bigger bowl for you betta so you don't have to take him out all the time. Then just take a quarter to a third of the water.