Clear/Yellowish film ontop of water in both beta bowls?
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Dolyphinm
Well-known member
Is it kind of bubbly?
Twilight Chinchillas
Zookeeper extraordinaire
Do you have any pictures? Males from what i remember will make bubbles on the surface of the bowl. Other wise maybe you can get a small tank with a pump, and or outside filter to help circulate, and keep the water clean?
Riven
Bad Chin
I don't get anything like that in mine. He makes his bubble nests, and sometimes there will be a little bit of an oil build up on the top because I put my fingers in there and he nibbles them, lol. Otherwise what kind of water are you using? Any additives?
ChinnyMom
slave to Rhino and Guss
it's a protein film, and happens in 'tanks' that don't have a filter.
with betta bowls, they should have their water changed much more frequently than once a week. the ammonia from fish waste builds up quickly in an unfiltered environment. ammonia is deadly to fish.
when i had a bunch of betta bowls, i would do 100% water changes on them every second day. when i first started out with bettas, i was told to change the water every week. joined a couple of fish forums and found out that the once a week water change was not nearly enough to keep my bettas healthy. bought a test kit and tested one betta bowl that had gone 3 days since it's last water change and OMG! the ammonia was at 4 ppm. ammonia is very toxic to fish at anything higher than 0.25 ppm.
my advice would be to upgrade your bettas to a minimum 2.5 gallon tank each, with a filter. a heater will be needed as well if your house is cooler than 76 to 78 consistently. i kept most of my bettas in a 10 gallon tank each, with a filter and a heater, after joining the fish forums.
one wonderful forum (and i do hope it isn't against the CnH rules to post the site here) is www.aquariacentral.com.
with betta bowls, they should have their water changed much more frequently than once a week. the ammonia from fish waste builds up quickly in an unfiltered environment. ammonia is deadly to fish.
when i had a bunch of betta bowls, i would do 100% water changes on them every second day. when i first started out with bettas, i was told to change the water every week. joined a couple of fish forums and found out that the once a week water change was not nearly enough to keep my bettas healthy. bought a test kit and tested one betta bowl that had gone 3 days since it's last water change and OMG! the ammonia was at 4 ppm. ammonia is very toxic to fish at anything higher than 0.25 ppm.
my advice would be to upgrade your bettas to a minimum 2.5 gallon tank each, with a filter. a heater will be needed as well if your house is cooler than 76 to 78 consistently. i kept most of my bettas in a 10 gallon tank each, with a filter and a heater, after joining the fish forums.
one wonderful forum (and i do hope it isn't against the CnH rules to post the site here) is www.aquariacentral.com.
