Leaving for 3 weeks, dunno what to do with fish.

Question

My fish is a beta, and he's in a small bowl little bit smaller than a small bowling ball. We have a good neighbor upstairs and my mom said to keep the fish with her, but she has 2 cats so im not sure. from the local pet store we got these fish feeders that feed the fish for 1 week, and we were thinking we could give the neighbor a key and get her to come in and drop one in every week. but we also need to keep the tank clean, and i know they have tablets for that, but i was wondering if it's good for the fish to have 2 tablets, 1 of food and 1 of cleaning there all week for 3 weeks? i used one of the food tablets and it was yellow, and when i came back my fish's fins had yellow streaks of string trailing behind, and i tapped on the bowl so she'd shake 'em off. help? i hope you know what i mean.

Answer 1

Call a nearby family member to go to your house every day to feed your fish. You can leave them a little note to tell what and how much to feed your fish

Answer 2

that's kind of mean putting it in a bowl. you should at least keep it in a little one gallon tank. then you could buy a automatic fish feeder or have your neighbor drop by and put in one of those things once a week and not worry about the water.

Answer 3

get an automatic fish feeder  

Answer 4

keep your fish in your room and have your neighbor come down to feed it and clean the tank. you could offer to pay her.

Answer 5

betta are used to living in gross water so i wouldn't worry about the cleaning until you get home and i would have the neighbor feed the fish and if the water looks gross i would show the neighbor how to clean it and she could do it once while your gone.

Answer 6

the water may get a bit grose but fish can go for a couple months without food. So don't fill your tank up with food, it makes the water discusting! Trust me a fish expert told me and i tried it and it works!

hope this helps

Answer 7

Flush it. That's more humane than keeping it in an small unfiltered, unheated bowl