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Ok, so I initially started with nothing but the one Aqueon water conditioner, and the fog and algae were really bad even then, and so that's why I bought more products thinking that would help. Are you saying I should go back to just using water conditioner and nothing else routinely (except...

I know our tap water has chlorine added—I don't know about chloramine. What's the purpose of test strips if they aren't reliable? Is there a better tool for testing water?

True, I might try mixing in some distilled water. As for the cloudiness though, the water is not even clear right after I change it. It always has a white cloudiness to it, which turns green over the course of the week from algae. Shouldn't it be clear when you first change it?

Yeah I don't know about ammonia...the test strip didn't say. That's an interesting idea about blacking out the tank to kill the algae. Maybe I'll try that and then get my daughter an actual nightlight so we can start leaving the tank light off at night. What about the water cloudiness? Do you...

It's tap water, and this is testing the tank after changing and treating it Monday. So yeah, I guess it's okay. I don't really know how to adjust it, other than using the treatment products I've been using which are supposed to regulate the pH.

The plant is artificial. I should also mention that the first couple months of having this tank, I was only using the Aqueon water conditioner and nothing else. It was still getting completely green and cloudy every week or so, and so that's what led me to try adding in all the other products...

Thanks for the advice so far! I changed 3/4 of the water this past Monday and this time omitted the redundant chemicals. I've also been keeping the light off during the day and on at night (my daughter uses it as a night light). Before the light was basically on 24/7, and so that's probably what...

I should add, I first got this fish and set up the tank in September 2023. In the past seven months I've experimented with changing the water and cleaning more or less frequently. I've tried going a few weeks without cleaning, hoping that the ecosystem would naturally balance out, but it always...

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...