New Betta ^^

[Knightia]

30% is a maintenance change - if you want to reduce ammonia I'd go for 60-80% minimum.

[ChaosWolf]

k going to run to store fast then n get more water then i`ll tank a gallon of water out of it n put him in it n dump rest n refill that should be 80% snice its about 5 gallons of water in tank.

[Betta113]

I did about everything wrong also when I first got my betta...I know what you're going through. I'm happy to say I learned alot since then and now he's living in a nice 5 gallon heated, filtered, decorated aquarium for almost 6 months. I still monitor the water parameters once a week and do weekly water changes. Now I'm working on a 12 gallon community tank, but I can't move him into it because he's just too aggressive, so he happily lives alone with no one to bother him.Good luck and enjoy your betta, he's beautiful!

[Knightia]

Why are you buying water from the store? Aren't you using tap water and decholorinator?

[Betta113]

Just what I was going to ask. I use Prime to treat the water, two drops per gallon. Also, make sure the water is the same temp.

[ChaosWolf]

my water quality sucks its just safer for me to buy gallons of it from store ._. i get well water n then it goes threw water soften if it was summer i could use it straight from well but in winter i can`t turn on outside water.

[ChaosWolf]

basically just don`t feel safe useing stinky egg water ><

[Knightia]

Can't you drink your water from the tap?

[ChaosWolf]

u can but it tastes so bad >< it tastes like ur drinking eggs. i uslay dump the water into a Britta filter thin before drinking it.

[Betta113]

Is the water spring water or distilled? Distilled is not good for fish, it doesn't contain any of the nutrients in tap or spring water. I was using spring water, but the pH was 8 so I went back to tap water @ 7.2...all other parameters were wnl (within normal limits).