Cloudy Betta water

[MyCamelot]

Hi, I'm a relatively new betta mom. I had a betta a couple of years ago who lived in a vase with a plant on top....but a few weeks ago, I got a new one. Zoom lives in a 5 gal. Eclipse Hex. He's been the happiest fish, and I guess he still is, but I'm having a cloudy water situation that worries me. The test strips show that my water is acidic, and the water is cloudy. After water changes, it's still somewhat acidic. Ammonia is not a problem.

I'm a real novice at this aquarium stuff, but I want to take good care of Zoom. I have another betta in an Eclipse 5 Corner, and he's having no problems at all.

Zoom's tank has two silk plants, and a plastic cave. He has regular aquarium gravel, andsome well-washed glass stones added. Nothing is new, food hasn't changed, what's with my acidity problem?

[stephenmontero]

well if the the tank is only 3 weeks old it could still be in the final stages of cycling and you should do a 25% change then just wait for it to go back down

[MyCamelot]

Ah. Okay. I did about a 25% change today. How often should I do the changes?[/code]

[stephenmontero]

about every other day

[missfish1996]

Every other day is a little much dont you think ?
I do mine about every two days .

[Flashygrrl]

When the tank is established it's more like once a week. While it's establishing more frequently is better. Your test strips may not be accurate, I would suggest the API FW Master kit as your next purchase