So this is how you do it??

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okay so when i go home from work and see that my beta tank is cloudy i should take alittle of the water out and put new in?? should i be using tap water with the drops for taking the chlorine out or just bottled water and if so what kind?? also how much to take out?? everybody said different things! please help because i want our fishy to be happy!!

Answer 1

The water will be cloudy for the first few days. Especially if you didn't cycle the tank before adding the fish.

Answer 2

Did the kit come with gravel and ... did you rinse the gravel before using it?

As far as water, either tap water with conditioner or bottled spring water is fine.  Just don't use distilled.  The only time you should use distilled is if you plan to use additives to achieve a specific water chemistry.  Which you don't need to do with bettas.  They're not overly sensitive and unless your tap water is totally wonky, it will work fine.

Answer 3

Bottled vs tap+dechlorinator doesn't really matter as long as your tap water isn't of a particularly high or loe pH. Usually its right around 7.0 (neutral). Everybody says different because all fish keepers do things a little bit differently. Just take about 1/3 of the water out and replace it with new when it is particularly cloudy. Your betta will be fine- they are incredibly hardy fish- kudos to you for getting a decent set-up for your little guy instead of just sticking him in a bowl and letting him "survive".

Answer 4

yes wathever

Answer 5

Ok, I'll not only tell you what and how, I'll tell you why.

Take out 20-30 percent of the water and put in fresh, conditioned water.  Tap water with conditioner works fine and it's easier to match the temperature of the tank water that way.  Bottled water would still need conditioner anyways, so you might as well use tap water.  The water conditioner not only neutralizes chlorine and chloramines, but heavy metals as well and these are often present in bottled water.  They are good for humans, but not so good for fish.  

Leave the betta in the tank as you clean it.  Moving the fish around just stresses it out and makes it more prone to illness for no good reason.  He will be much happier if left in the water while you suck up the dirty water and debris from the bottom of his tank.  He'll probably watch with interest.  It'll enliven his boring life.  ;)

The cloudiness is most likely a bacterial bloom as beneficial bacteria grows in the tank to deal with the ammonia and nitrite produced by fish waste.  I know it doesn't look so great, but it's actually a good thing.  It should go away in a day or two as the bacteria colonizes the gravel and filter media.