My beta fish's bowl gets disgusting very quickly. The water evaporates very rapidly as well because New Mexico is so dry. Is it safe to cover the bowl with something to prevent these things? Will my fish get enough oxygen?
2007-09-30 12:00:35 · 7 answers · asked by asthenia394 2 in Pets ➔ Fish
Okay, first of all, I am very aware of how evaporation occurs. I was talking about slowing it because unless you have lived in a very dry desert, you don't know how quickly it evaporates. Secondly, I clean the bowl regularly and often. I am more concerned that it is unhealthy for my fish to have a dirty bowl but believe it might be equally unhealthy for it to be moved around and introduced into cold, chemically dechlorinated water too often as well.
Please do not insult my intelligence or give rude responses to a harmless question. You're not helping anyone.
2007-09-30 12:24:10 · update #1
Yes you can use a cover, but you should allow at least an inch of airspace between the surface and the cover and remove the lid periodically so the air can exchange with fresh.
If the area where you have the betta is near light (or you have a light over it), you could use aquatic plants to add some dissolved O2.
You can also increase the time between "disgusting" by increasing the water volume. You don't say how large the bowl is, but I don't suggest keeping them in anything less than a gallon, and keep my bettas in 2.5 or 5 gallon tanks (with heater and filter), plus a few live plants. I only do 25% water changes once a week, which takes care of both cleaning and topping off the tank.
2007-09-30 13:55:39 · answer #1 · answered by copperhead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fish Bowl Cover
2016-11-12 04:39:43 · answer #2 · answered by mayne 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO! It won't! And the water will still evaporate! You need to go to school! Just clean the tank, good grief! Why do such lazy people get live animals. Get it an appropriate tank, with a filter, then your lazy behind only needs to clean it once a week. If you use a bowl you must clean it like every
PS, ignore the answer below me. Goldfish breath air through the water so they need a reintroduction. But betta's breath from the water surface, so they need air ABOVE the water, which you will suffocate them to death. Besides, even a filter will need air to draw into the water, which it will run out of if you cover it! Your logical makes no sense anyway, since water particles will STILL EVAPORATE!
2007-09-30 12:10:50 · answer #3 · answered by boncarles 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
Get a second bowl. Fill it with water and let it sit overnight, the next morning move your beta to the fresh water and clean out the 1st bowl, fill with water, let it sit overnight, the next morning move beta to the 1st bowl so you can clean the second bowl. Repeat Daily. That way water is always room temperature and fresh. If the water's dehydrating that fast, keep a water jug with room temp water handy so you can add as needed. Beta's don't need much but they do need fresh water and lots of oxygen.
2007-09-30 12:24:19 · answer #4 · answered by yeoldebroad 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would suggest getting a 5g aquarium with a filter and heater to regulate temp. And to add 3 rasbora tetras, they are beautiful small and get along with Bettas. I know you probably heard that you cant put anything with a betta. Well, coming from a fish enthusiast as myself who have had aquariums with all sorts of fish and had bettas with them. You do not want to get any fin biters, they will nip the fins off the betta. When I worked at Meijer(dont even say a word) I had a betta loose in almost every tank because I coulndt stand them being in those small cups although the ones we had in Meijer went on the inside of the tank and filtered water through it. There are alot of fish that can be with bettas, you just have to do your research.
Here are a few that can go with them:
Neon/glowlight/rasbora/cardinal/rummynose/bleeding heart/goldtip tetras, corycats, angelfish, danios, hatchets, rainbowfish, platys, swordtails, mollies, loaches, otocinclus and chinese/gold algae eaters.
I would not recommend putting a cover over it unless you put one with holes in it. Change 1/4 of the water every few days. Im guessing you have a gallon bowl so thats what Im telling you about.
(PS) I worked at the Meijer on Ridge in Cincinnati so feel free to call and ask them about Tara who used to work in pets, and they will tell you haw well I kept those tanks and animals. After i left it all went to **** again. I miss my animals and wish I were still working there but unfortunately they didnt pay me enough money for my bills and living expenses. I am however thinking about going back sonce all of my friends who work there are telling me to come back because my animals miss me and everything went to **** and is dying. Just because I worked at Meijer does not mean I dont know how to take care of them. I also worked at a few pet stores(individualy owned) where I learned about the rarer fishes and saltwater. So please, before anyone rolls their eyes about me and Meijer, I hope you read that and at least call them and ask about me, or if you ever go in there.
2007-09-30 14:19:39 · answer #5 · answered by SunShyne 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course not...they need oxygen too. All you need is a small hole on top and you should be ok with that, and it wont evaporate as fast. But dont ever cover it completely without some kind of air tubing going in
2007-09-30 12:27:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My instinct answer would be no. Mainly for the oxygen reason. I mean.... it's a small bowl so it's not like it takes that long to clean.
2007-09-30 12:05:44 · answer #7 · answered by No Know 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
it is only safe as long as u have a pump or another source of oxygen coming in to the tank
2007-09-30 12:11:33 · answer #8 · answered by jagonator756 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋