jdhoop
Aquarium Advice Newbie
Hi there! I'm an aquarium newbie and I could really use some advice on keeping my basic betta fish tank clean. I bought this inexpensive 2.5 gallon tank on Amazon to house a betta fish for my five-year-old daughter. Once a week I change out and treat about half the water, and I scrub out as much algae as I can, but by the following week it looks like this:
I'm regularly treating the water with these products, following the guidelines on each labels:
I've also used test strips to confirm that ph and the various other levels are where they should be. No matter how diligent I try to be with the cleaning and water treatment, the tank just never clears up. It's consistently cloudy and covered with algae, and my daughter can hardly even see her fish. Meanwhile, my brother has a betta for his daughter and his tank is perfectly clear with no algae or scum and very little maintenance required. So I know that such a simple fish tank setup should not be this hard to keep clean.
What am I missing or doing wrong here? Could it be that this tank does not have a very good filter system? Here's the type of filter it has:
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
I'm regularly treating the water with these products, following the guidelines on each labels:
I've also used test strips to confirm that ph and the various other levels are where they should be. No matter how diligent I try to be with the cleaning and water treatment, the tank just never clears up. It's consistently cloudy and covered with algae, and my daughter can hardly even see her fish. Meanwhile, my brother has a betta for his daughter and his tank is perfectly clear with no algae or scum and very little maintenance required. So I know that such a simple fish tank setup should not be this hard to keep clean.
What am I missing or doing wrong here? Could it be that this tank does not have a very good filter system? Here's the type of filter it has:
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!