Redish Water

[Suki]

Does anyone know why the fish tank water will go a reddish color?
Can it be the food?

Here's a sample


But it's a little more red than it appears in the pic

[KukaaKatchou]

maybe some coloring from the red plants is coming off?

[MusicArtBettas]

Wow ! This is really odd! Ive never seen anything like this. But I am going to take a shot at what MIGHT be causing it. It could be the food. That is a possibility. But do you put and chemicals in there? Any bew ones that could be having reactions?

[Olympia]

I too, have a feeling it's those plastic plants doing this. Cheap dyes often start to leech.

[Suki]

But why do the plants start giving off only now? It was a couple of days after I started using that food (right corner)...

No, didn't put any new chemicals in the tank...

[Olympia]

Hmmm. . . What sort of food is that? It does look really dark.

[Suki]

It was some I got at Aquatic World, a pet store near me(probably their own mix), it wasn't a specific sort, it was the only pellets I can get so far, nobody really stocks it.
I was giving them flakes, but it made my male betta's tummy swell up, overfeeding I guess.
With the pellets I can control more how much they eat...

[Olympia]

Did it come with ingredients?

[Suki]

uhm... not that I can remember, I threw away the packet

Think I should try and get different food?

[JackisLost]

maybe it's the dust from gravel?