Cloudy Betta Water
One of my bettas just had a water change 3 days ago. It's extremely cloudy! I did add a new decoration (it's like a cave) in the tank, but I rinsed it off with hot water really well before I put it in his tank. Should I change is water again, or will he be ok? He's building a bubble nest, so he doesn't seem to mind, but I don't want him to get sick or anything.
My other betta's water is fine, though.
Answers:Are you changing your water like you would in a bowl, changing out the entire contents or just a partial change? What is the size of the tank? I don't think this is really a cycling effect just yet though typically cloudiness in the water is. Probably the hot water heated up the cave and has interacted with your tank water is what I think, or you overfed him. Betta's are very very hardy fish and unless you get extremely toxic readings, he should be ok. I have a biowheel 3 gallon set up at work, I change out a gallon once a week. When I first populated it with the Betta 2 white clouds and 2 zebra danios, the water never really got cloudy, and the ammonia soard up to almost 3 ppm and noone died from that. I did do a partial water change but it stayed pretty high for about five days. Check your ammonia levels just to be sure. If he is building up his bubble nest, I'd say odds are he's quite a happy Betta right now and nothing to worry about.
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