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My 5 bettas water gets so dirty in 1 day

23 14:57:09

Question
what is causing it to get so dirty so quick? I end up cleanin the tanks everyday almost

Answer
Hello Minden-

What size of tank are they each in?
Smaller tanks need water changes fairly frequently, whereas larger tanks may go through a cloudy phase before the natural bacteria settle out. My 20 gallon tank was cloudy for about 4 days, but now is almost perfectly clear. I just added clean water every two days as the old water evaporated off, and the bacteria cleared themselves up.

Hope this was helpful, let me know the tank size and I may be able to offer more help.
-Amber Worman