I recently got a red male betta from pet smart. I put him in a small tank for about a week after a few days the water started getting cloudy so I washed out the tank. A few days later I purchased a 2.5 gallon plastic fish bowl. I washed it out and about after three days the water started getting cloudy. I use topfin betta water conditioner. I think I'm using anough. I would like to know how to prevent the water from getting cloudy.
2007-06-15 05:49:45 · 8 answers · asked by Goober g 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
Have you got a filter in the tank ? did you cycle it ? if not I would advise putting one in and doing regular partial water changes until it is fully cycled (roughly 2 weeks) and/or cutting down on the amount of food you feed it.
2007-06-15 05:57:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you have the tank in direct sunlight?
I have mine actually on a shelf away from sunlight and the window. Behind it I have a lavalamp standing which I turn on for 12 hours a day, and turn off at night.
I change about 25%-50% of water every other week
I feed my beta only once 3 pellets a day and I have a real plant in my bowl.
And I also have some gravel on the bottom
Every time I do waterchanges I put the Beta conditioner in as directed.
My water isn't cloudy at all
And I have neither a pump nor a heater in there
Good luck
2007-06-15 11:06:08 · answer #2 · answered by Kribensis lover 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The only way to stop the water from getting cloudy is to get a filter and cycle the tank,if he is in a bowl with no filter you need to change the water every 3 0r 4 days anyway.
2007-06-15 07:36:40 · answer #3 · answered by Jackp1ne 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
do no longer use clean faucet water on your fishie's tank. clean faucet water incorporates chlorine, and chlorine kills fishies! rather, fill a bucket with faucet water and allow it sit down for a minimum of a few days so the chlorine can deplete. you additionally can get a chemical that treats faucet water so which you would be able to upload it on on your tank. See your fish shop for information. additionally, do no longer use any sort of cleansing soap whilst washing the tank or something that is going into the tank. cleansing soap leaves a residue that isn't friendly to fishies the two. What to do with your water relies upon on what's inflicting it to be cloudy interior the 1st place. do no longer over feed your fishie. besides no longer being good for the fishie, the meals will make the water cloudy. If the cloudiness is by way of algae, a filter out can help. A stay plant or 2 is yet another good thank you to help handle algae and different wastes on your tank. additionally they furnish your fishie with something to look at, and customarily make for a happier fishie (and all of us choose for happy fishies.) try chatting with somebody at your community fish shop. attempt to avert Petco type shops, and verify out to locate a shop that for the period of undemanding terms makes a speciality of fish/aquariums - they're lots extra knowledgeable and customarily have extra suitable products at decrease costs. Their workers are additionally fish fans and are extra suitable than happy that could be useful you and your fishie.
2016-10-17 09:09:04 · answer #4 · answered by jacobson 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should change about half the water once a week. Have you tried putting a plant of some sort in the tank? I would also buy a small submersible filter for it.
2007-06-15 05:59:36 · answer #5 · answered by Me 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Try using some live water plants, the betta likes them. My tank stays clean for about a week.
2007-06-15 05:58:56 · answer #6 · answered by Diane 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well i have a baita fish and i used to clean her 1 time a week but now i clean her 2 times a week.I think that is why her bowl is not cloudy because that used to happen to me to.My mom also said(don't stop feeding her)her food makes it that way!
2007-06-15 11:25:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yes, because you didnt cycle the tank, Its a bacterial bloom,
2007-06-15 06:06:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋