Some Questions For Betta

[milindsaraswala]

I have 8 Gallon only Betta male fish, 100 watt heater,120 L/H filter and air blubber

Actually 2 days before when i check my tank water was looking somewhat brown. So I test water parameter and I found that 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite and more than 10 nitrate. So I make 80% water change same time. Next day when I see the water was very less brown than check again for nitrate it was near 5. So I again water change for 40%.

So now I wanted to did I do right thing and what is the reason for this.

Next thing lot of time I see like very small spider net type in my water is by my betta fish and it is by betta fish than it bad or good. Another thing my betta fish sometimes sleep on my internal filter or else sleep on my heater stand why is it so ??

I also wanted to clean down surface of my tank without making problem to my gravel.

Sorry lot of question in one topic only

 

[shi24137]

did you cycle your tank before you put the fish in? also my betta likes to hang around the heater and filter. he will also rest on plants and on the gravel.

 

[milindsaraswala]

did you cycle your tank before you put the fish in? also my betta likes to hang around the heater and filter. he will also rest on plants and on the gravel.

Yea I do Fishless Cycling for tank

 

[aly_starh]

Hello!
Congrats on buying the Betta, the first thing i'd say though is your heater wattage is too large for your tank. If it breaksyour betta might get fried

Regarding your tank, nitrAtes dont matter as long as they are less than 40ppm its the Ammonia and nitrIte that you should keep an eye on.

The 'spiders web' type thing you are seeing is possibly Hydra. This is fish safe, so nothing to worry about. And if i remember correctly Brown Algea appears on newly cycled tanks.

Piccies of the betta please!

Hope that helps

 

[Mauricia]

I like to keep my nitrates below 20ppm for bettas because they're so prone to fin rot. But 5 or 10 is fine, you can let it get a little higher and change your water when it gets to 20. And the fact that you're just getting nitrates suggests yout tank is probably cycled.