How to change betta water, my way

[route]

Originally posted by dotaxedot
ok one lah. just make sure the fins don't get caught between your fingers when u close.

i use a small air tub to suck out the water and waste then use the tube to get water in. thats how i change the water.

thats just a little troublesome. imagine having to do it for like 20 bettas ?

i use hand catch my bettas one. very easy leh.
but alot of times kanna poke by their gill cover.

[Euphonlst]

Originally posted by route
thats just a little troublesome. imagine having to do it for like 20 bettas ?

i see Straits also change the betaa water by putting on their hand and they got a lot of tank to change but i think that it is worthwhile seeing the betta healthy growing up

[zhiz22]

made some change though you guys may not notice it....

Originally posted by zhiz22
Just to prevent more betta deaths due to incorrect changing betta water method.

A better way to change water is to pour out the water while the fish is inside. fish may be stressed ubt at least it will not get contaminated with fishwater from other fishes.

just take tank in one hand and pour water out, if swim head same direction as water flow and flowing out, on the tap slightly and the pressure of water will cause betta to head in the other direction. so when little water left, on tap again to dilute the waste water and pour out again. like that water is clean inside. Then pour in yr aged water.

all my betta are trained in this way from one month old so they know how to behave during water change. and i dun think i got any betta with torn fins or broken fins because of water change

with experience and some of the poor fellow falling into the basin you can suceed. i only once pour one down the drain when the lid was not there. heart pain.

sounds cruel and troublesome and cumbersome, but hey my hands remain dry after changin 50 or more tanks. and they dun share any container which can spread disease.

net is not good.

method is optimised thru changing water over a thousand times for few hundred bettas.

Eh....

Thought you guys said that tap water has chlorine and might cause the CT's rays to thin out and might cause it to weaken and droop??

[zhiz22]

just a refresher

Here's my method:
1. Wash my hands with soap first
2. Use one hand to get the fish into another clean container B with a bit of water from the old container A
3. Then after changing water and washing the old container A, i will pour in half tap water, half aged water. Add salt and anti chlorine and stir big-time.
4. Next I will pour the water and the betta from the other container B to container A. This time i do not have to use my hands.
5. Lastly, i wash my hands with soap again and clean the container B with sponge and soap. (i usually skip this step if the betta is extremely healthy)
6. Repeat steps 1-5 for all bettas again.
7. For sick bettas, i will change water for them last so that I do not need to touch them first for fear of infection to other bettas.

Anyway, kelvin, if use your method, i realised that i won't be able to scrub my original tank to clean off the algae and slimy substance at the bottom sometimes. So how do you rectify this?

[zhiz22]

you dun have to scrub at all. leave it as it is, or just use tissue paper. anyway you waste a lot of water this way, and try using your method when you have 100 fish to change in one night

Originally posted by zhiz22
you dun have to scrub at all. leave it as it is, or just use tissue paper. anyway you waste a lot of water this way, and try using your method when you have 100 fish to change in one night

hahaha...been changing my 50 tub of bettas water this way....and think it work great....and as for my rack...i just change the water below...or i just add aged water in....and till now my 30 female is still doing fine.....and as for my unwanted fish in those 2 feet tank....two week one time....and that gose for my grow up 2 feet tank too......

but still must think of a way to make changing water fun


or better still don't have to change so often.....sometime can drag till late nite leh....


talk about death rate.....me lost about 16fish last month....16 leh....

Originally posted by zhiz22
you dun have to scrub at all. leave it as it is, or just use tissue paper. anyway you waste a lot of water this way, and try using your method when you have 100 fish to change in one night

oki Shall use your method then Maybe can save more time