Betta Water
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I have a question about what kind of water to use for my betta. For my last two bettas I used tap water, and they both died. I don’t think it was because of the tap water, but I think that might have had sometimething to do with it. So this time with my new betta, Andro, I decided to use distilled water. But I just looked online at a website, and it said to stay away from distilled water. Now I don’t know what kind of water to use! I am using betta conditioner every time I change the water. What should I do? Any suggestions?
Thanks,
C
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October 4th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
don’t listen! u CAN use distilled water, it’s perfectly fine. trust me, i would know bcuz i use it on my fish!
October 7th, 2009 at 12:01 am
Conditioner won`t work if you don`t have somthing to back it up.I tried to use just conditioner on my friends betta and it died.So I use a blend of chemicals on my bettas and there doing good.but spring water is the best.
betta lover GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!
October 7th, 2009 at 12:26 am
Aw,that’s alright. Maybe you’re not using enough conditioner or too much. You only need a few drops for a little cup,maybe even just one. ^^’ As for larger tanks; Just use a bit more. Not too much.
Maybe you should let the water sit a few minutes before putting your little Betta back into his tank? I’m not sure.
-I used to own three bettas’ and I own one currently. His name is Bill.
Email me if you have questions.
October 9th, 2009 at 1:38 am
Hey man…the best way to do it is… when its raining grab a bowl and fill it with rain water.. and put him in there thas the best healthiest water for them. also feed them skinny warms they get huge really fast
October 9th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
Use spring water. Thats what the people at the pet store told me to use and my fish are always fine!
October 10th, 2009 at 7:29 am
I use just tap water and all my fish havent died, or lived for a long time. I only use a one drop in my fishs tanks, and they are 1.5 some 2 gall tanks. I’m not sure whats wrong there. Sorry cant help.
October 10th, 2009 at 4:46 pm
I use bottled water for my betta, Cheap walmart stuff. It’s not too expensive and it seems like the water stays cleaner for more than just a week. =] Thats just my opinion and I am no expert.
October 10th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
hi
I just got won i so far just use sping water her name is Blue Angel she sems heley
betta bloger
October 11th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
Tap water contains chlorine and in some communities the water is more chlorinated than in others.
Bettas placed in regular tap water will die within the day.
Just add a couple of drops of “water conditioner” or “dechlorinator” each time you change the water and you are good to go.
The dechlorinator comes in a very small bottle and lasts a very long time. Cheap too.
October 12th, 2009 at 3:25 am
When I was a kid, we would put guppies and gold-fish in regular tap water and have absolutely no problems. That was in the mid-west and a long time ago.
Since then, health departments have changed the recipe for the water that you receive from the kitchen faucet! In many localities a number of additives are being injected.
Now, I am in the south-east and the water is chlorinated, very chlorinated. I purchased a betta and placed it in a bowl with regular tap water… within 4 or 5 hours it was dead. I asked the folks at the local pet store what went wrong..and was told that the chlorinated water was the problem. I bought a small bottle of “water conditioner” or “dechlorinator” for about $3.00, ..and put about 4 drops in a half gallon bowl. The betta lived and is still alive…
Based on my experiences, I would not use distilled water, or rain water, or water from de-humidifiers, etc. I would just use regular tap water, and use the dechlorinator drops. Regular water also contains various nutrients that may be beneficial to fish.
October 14th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
aww… i have a betta and i use tap water oh.. and i put declore in to take the chemicals out of the water goodluck!
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:28 pm
When you put the chemical in the tap water, do the fish have to be removed to another container first? I heard it takes 24 hours for the chemical to work.
October 25th, 2009 at 12:54 am
hi i am jayson the pet store said to use spring water and conditioner and email me how big is your tank
October 27th, 2009 at 6:31 am
I keep Avery in a 1.5 with 12 drops of “Splendid Betta de-chlorinator and change the water every week or 2 at the latest. The fish before him “Max” lived for 3 years under this condition.
October 27th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
I have a betta and I’ve had it for 2 months now and all I do is put in fresh water then add 1 drop of stuff to take the chlorene out. That’s all I can say.
October 27th, 2009 at 11:02 pm
you should clean your tank once a week and feed your fish different kinds of food so it doesn’t get disses ex( he should have fakes one day and pellets the other).
October 29th, 2009 at 2:20 am
Hey,
Your’e not putting them in cold water are you? If so then don’t. Otherwise i’m thinking they may have been older fish and just died on their own. That’s my best estimation.
November 3rd, 2009 at 4:25 am
i just use distilled water. we have a special fossit for it. i have only had duck since the summer, and she’s lived fine since then.
~Renee
November 4th, 2009 at 1:10 am
i just put in distilled water. and ive had mine since the summer.
November 5th, 2009 at 8:13 pm
OMG, it’s because there is chlorine in the water!!! no wonder your fish died!!! Go to walmart in the fish section, and buy chlorine-out!!!! Follow the instructions on the back…. How can you be so stupid!!! read about a pet before you buy it!!!!
November 7th, 2009 at 10:38 pm
Have you thought about buying a test kit and testing your water? If you don’t want to do that, take a sample of your water to a pet store and they will be glad to test it for you. Doing that could clue you in to what’s wrong with your water, if it’s even a water problem at all.
November 23rd, 2009 at 12:17 pm
I’m having betta’s for over a year now, always did water change from tap, just warm water, but I live in the Netherlands and in the part where there’s the cleanest water.
In the beginning when I just had my first tank, i used easylife water conditioner, because it also purified my water. Later on I stopped using it, because it also was pretty expensive.
All went fine, and my betta’s never died of the warm water out of the tap, without preperations.
Since last week I’m putting liquit almond leaves in the water, special for betta’s. I read that it’s very good for fish to have some almond leaves in the water.
November 29th, 2009 at 9:30 am
I’ve personally never had a problem with tap water and I’ve had betta fish for a long time now. The problem with most isn’t the chlorine, but the nitrogen bubbles from tap water that kills the fish. I’d still us a conditioner to be safe, but what I use are sea salts to balance out the PH in the water and cure the nitrogen bubbles and it works wonders. A few little rocks of the salt will do for a one or two gallon tank. Anything bigger, around five gallons I would say, should be at least a table spoon of the salt introduced into the water. Just keep the water at a warm temperature, between 75 and 80 degrees and use the sea salt with a drop or two of conditioner and you should be fine.
January 26th, 2010 at 9:29 pm
hi,
you should never use distilled water because there is nothing in it. fish need the vitamins and minerals you can find in tap water, but you have to let the tap water sit out for 24 hours to disolve the chlorine (which will kill it) or buy a dechlorinator and follow the instructions for the amount of water. i also recommend using a live plant in the tank, which brings more oxygen in the tank for the betta. also gives them something to hide under or swim around, and resembles their natural habitat. i’ve also found that talking and interacting with your fish keeps them entertained and more intellegent. my betta Ruby is very happy and healthy.
February 1st, 2010 at 9:25 am
hi, im a betta breeder and has been into bettas for about five years now, and i’ve found distilled water to be the best; so that was a great decision. (i think anything pure enough for me to drink should be good for my fishes) haha. but yes, tap water does contain chlorine which can be helped with treatment, but i wouldnt recomend it. so if you can buy large water bottles, or water from water shops i’d pefer to use those. and of course you still use treatments even though the water may be distilled/purified. temperature shouldnt have been much of a problem for death either, unless it was really cold. living in california it still gets cold sometimes but my adult bettas arent heated and they live perfectly fine (having the water around 65 degrees). another treatment that many other avid betta breeders use is “Attison’s Betta Spa” which is an (Indian Almond Leaf Extract). it can be bought at rare local fish/pet stores, or online for sure. the extract of the leaves are from an almond tree mainly found in Thailand where bettas originated. the extract helps the betta live in a more natural environment, living a happier and healthier life. but yeah, distilled water should be the best water used. just remember that clean water is best for a fish’s life. goodluck with your betta(s), and hope this helps. (;
much love and lol (:
February 16th, 2010 at 12:51 am
Read the directions on the back of the water conditioner if you are using one. If you aren’t using water conditioner, you are pretty much killing your bettas.
February 21st, 2010 at 7:05 am
i had a betta that lived for approx 3 years… had him in a decent sized fish bowl ( ie no filter, etc) and changed his water without fail every week. Used tap water (whch around here is quite chlorinated) but like most ppl have noted already, i also used a water conditioner…
Note i would transfer the betta into a smaller container (with approx 500ml of “old” water from the fishbowl prior to cleaning the bowl/changing water.. once the “new”(conditioned) tap water had reached room temp ( few hours later) id transfer the betta back to the bowl ( along with some of the old water from the container).
From what i read 3yrs isn’t too bad a lifespan for a betta. so i must of been doing something right.
March 16th, 2010 at 1:20 am
Wow.. thanks for posting!
March 17th, 2010 at 10:58 pm
You shoud filter it
March 17th, 2010 at 10:59 pm
It shoud be room tempature
April 17th, 2010 at 1:55 am
don’t worry as long as you use good water conditioner and 72-74 degree water it will be fine with tap and distilled water trust me !!!!!
-betta expert
May 3rd, 2010 at 10:37 pm
The water I use for my betta is bottled water.
May 17th, 2010 at 6:13 am
It’s amazing to me how little people know about water. Tap water is so different from one place to the next that its almost like comparing milk and coke. Some tap water is so chlorinated and filled with chemicals that it is anything but natural. Some tap water, is just well or spring water that happens to come through your tap. And tap water can be anything in between. It is “tap water” that matters, it is what is in your tap water and that is different for everyone. Call your city and ask for a water report to find out whats in it. Unless you verify that it is safe for your fish then make sure you use a conditioner. Otherwise stick with spring water, it is the most natural source of water available.
Similarly, it also amazes me that people don’t know the difference between spring and distilled water. Just because they both come in a bottle doesn’t mean they’re the same thing. Spring water is clean, natural water. Distilled water has had all the minerals, vitamins, etc… distilled out of it. There is nothing left for your fish. Distilled water is anything but natural.
May 23rd, 2010 at 5:42 pm
do not use tap water, it will kill any beta (i heard from petco)
June 3rd, 2010 at 9:44 am
I usually feed my bettas with tap water…I leave it at least 2 days before use for feed betta and add a little salt into this water…it’s very good friend
June 4th, 2010 at 7:56 pm
i have used tap water for the past 2/3 months my fish is perfectly fine!!
June 16th, 2010 at 10:36 am
you can use tap water actually by putting anti-chlorine because tap water contain high in chlorine.