White Cloud In Betta Tank

[petitelupin]

so im at my boyfriends and our one betta's bowl has a mysterious white cloudy mass settled in the rocks. We clean it regularly and i was just wondering if it was hazardous

 

[bronzecat]

Is it like cloudy water or something more tangible?

 

[petitelupin]

it looks tangeable

 

[bronzecat]

I'd say that it was a food pellet or bits of flake that have fallen between the rocks and gone fuzzy fungus.

 

[fifefish]

sounds like old food

 

[petitelupin]

so just change the water?
im going to florida tomorrow so i was going to anyways...but what about an automatic feeder, is that ok? it says it wont cloud the water and its not one of those dissolvable kinds

 

[Netty]

How long will you be away for?

 

[petitelupin]

uhm...7 days.

 

[Netty]

Is there anyone that could pop in and feed them for you? We've never used a feeder so can't comment on whether they would work or not. I would be worried that any left over food would soon pollute the water in a 2 gal.

Other than that the only other option is to give one good feed before you leave making sure that he eats everything and then not feeding for a week. It's not ideal but we've had poorly bettas before that have gone weeks refusing food so they may be ok for 7 days.

 

[petitelupin]

well he lives in my boyfriends room at a frturnity house..dont know that i trust stupid boys who drink all day to feed my fishy..but i suppose i could try

 

[nosoup4you]

IMO, autofeeders=bad. They usually wind up feeding too much and mucking up the water.

 

[Netty]

Maybe you could find one boy that is less stupid than the rest......I'm sure there must be one

 

[petitelupin]

it doesnt feed autoumatically...it sits there and they have to peck at it to eat.

 

[nosoup4you]

Those are even worse...whatever that chalky stuff is seems to really make the water funky.

 

[petitelupin]

alright ill just see if the guys will feed him.