Steves55
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I've been into fish for 40+ years, currently w/ a reef tank, several FW tanks & a planted tanks. I'm big on testing & water changes.
4 years ago, that's right- 4 years ago, wife comes home w/ a small 1 qt clear vase complete w/ Betta & some sort of pond plant stuck in the top of it- roots extending to the water. This is her fish, so I steer clear of it & let her deal with it. It's in the sunny window- water is probably 90+ during summer, cleans it every 4 months or so, whether it needs it or not, tops it off w/ tap water full of chlorine, even replacing all the water at 4 month intervals w/ tap full of chlorine. Her idea of maintenance is removing the plant to trim the roots- I've seen this bowl so full of roots- Betta looked stuck in 1 spot!
Last night- we got into an arguement about her bowl- while I'm cleaning my tanks BTW. Last time she cleaned it was before Christmas! It's so green & nasty, hard to see in the bowl, detrus is an inch thick mixed w/ marbles. No air stone, no filter, no water movement. I tell her she killing that poor fish & he shouldn't be subjected to such torture! She disagrees, so I whip a little water testing on her!
I'm horrified!
Ammonia 0ppm
Nitrites 0ppm
Nitrates barely readable
PH 7.2
Temp 87 degrees
Phospates 0ppm
Whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhat?
She's grinning ear to ear & I'm never gonna hear the end of this one!
Unbelieveable!
4 years ago, that's right- 4 years ago, wife comes home w/ a small 1 qt clear vase complete w/ Betta & some sort of pond plant stuck in the top of it- roots extending to the water. This is her fish, so I steer clear of it & let her deal with it. It's in the sunny window- water is probably 90+ during summer, cleans it every 4 months or so, whether it needs it or not, tops it off w/ tap water full of chlorine, even replacing all the water at 4 month intervals w/ tap full of chlorine. Her idea of maintenance is removing the plant to trim the roots- I've seen this bowl so full of roots- Betta looked stuck in 1 spot!
Last night- we got into an arguement about her bowl- while I'm cleaning my tanks BTW. Last time she cleaned it was before Christmas! It's so green & nasty, hard to see in the bowl, detrus is an inch thick mixed w/ marbles. No air stone, no filter, no water movement. I tell her she killing that poor fish & he shouldn't be subjected to such torture! She disagrees, so I whip a little water testing on her!
I'm horrified!
Ammonia 0ppm
Nitrites 0ppm
Nitrates barely readable
PH 7.2
Temp 87 degrees
Phospates 0ppm
Whhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhat?
She's grinning ear to ear & I'm never gonna hear the end of this one!
Unbelieveable!