Water Change

[E3ramirez]

I have 1 betta in a lil tank about 5 gallons i change the water everyday or sometimes every 2 days. Is that good or is it too often?

 

[garethusa]

I have 1 betta in a lil tank about 5 gallons i change the water everyday or sometimes every 2 days. Is that good or is it too often?

oh 5 gallons is big for just one little betta! great size!

how much of a water change are you doing? 10%, 20%, 30%, 50%, 100% on a daily or bi-daily basis?

a member from here does 100% water changes weekly and about 20% every day.

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i guess the next important piece of info is if you have a filter or non-filter tank?

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with a cycled filtered tank, i would probably do 30-50% water changes weekly and then a 100% water change once a month.

 

[E3ramirez]

No filter and i change 100% of the water. I take the betta out of the tank and put it in the small bowl it came in and then i wash the tank. After i put it back on the tank.

 

[Dan-25]

tbh mate id just do a 50% every other day. why not get a sponge filter to help. do you have a heater in your tank ?

 

[E3ramirez]

oh so 50% everyday instead of 100% is good then. Yeah ill get a filter and a hearter. Thanx! guys

 

[lilfishie]

my two are in a 2.5 and 3 gal and i do them 50%during the week then 100% at weekend

 

[joycould]

I have a 5 gallon with one female in I do about 25% water changes 3 times a week. I have live plants which help with the ammonia and nitrate so I don't have to do 100% water changes. If you cycle your tank and do a 100% water change there is a good chance you will have cycle it all over again unless you keep the good bacteria alive in your filter to use it as a jump start to the cycle. Remember to keep an eye for ammonia, that is one of the hardest things on a fishes health.