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  • I am at a university in NS right next to a salt water bay. Our water that comes from the bay is treated, but the problem is that it is sooo loaded with chlorine, its pretty nasty to even drink. The university recommends Breta Water Filters to attach to the faucets or a pitcher with a Breta Filter installed in the pitcher. Lately, i have been taking the water straight from the tap, and using Aqua Plus Tap Water Conditioner to lower the chlorine level. But lately, a day after cleaning the tank and using the conditioner, the tank gets scummy right away and hazy, and the fish is not too active. Now today i used bottled water on the tank, and he likes it. it's a quick fix for now. But i do not want to have to go out buying bottled water every week for his tank. What i want to know is this: What water would be better? Water from the tap with the conditioner, or make a supply of fresh water using my pitcher with the Breta Water Filter?

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    The reason your tank is getting cloudy after one day, is because you're changing out the whole water, instead of doing partial waterchanges of 25% every week, if you have at least a 2.5 gallon tank Which means you're killing all the good bacteria every time you clean out your tank and it has to recycle every time http://www.fishlesscycling.com/articles/caring_for_bettas.html Hope that helps Good luck EB

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I buy gallon bottled spring water for my betta :) We have lots of chlorine in our water too and that's not healthy for him/her

Becky

whatever,

Torii

Well instead of getting the filter and stuff just pour as much water as you need into a container and let it sit for 24 hours or 48 if you feel more comfortable.

Wade K

I have a fish, and I use bottled water. The night before I know that I am going to change it I put it on the counter & let it get to room temperature. It's perfect.

Becca Boo

Bottled water is the best choice for you . You want a ph of 7.0 and a salt content of 1 teaspoon per 10 gallons of water. I been raising these fish for 40 years .

trkbuilderman

instead of keep byeing bottel after bottel why dont you buy a gallon ?

jennifer d

The best water conditioner i find a lot of experienced aquarists trust is called Prime by SeaChem not expensive and found basically at any petstore. It works like a charm so i wish you luck if you need anything else email me! good luck :]

lovelylady xox

I use a product called aqua-safe to take out all the toxins. Just put it in regular tap water by the amount of the instructions. Works well. I use it for all my freshwater fish and they are all healthy and my angelfish have liked for like 3-4 years now.

None N

I suggest wet water, don't try that dehydrated junk. It doesn't work very well.

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