Hello, I'm pretty much a newbie. I had 2 bettas when I was younger, and the water didn't get dirty nearly this fast.
I just bought my beta last week, and I bought a small aquarium probably like 13" x 18" x 9"
I bought some gravel for the bottom, as well as a fake plant and a little car thing that he can swim through, I cleaned everything very well before putting him in the aquarium. I used mostly bottled spring water, and then some filtered water. This was all on thursday, and today, (monday) the water was already pretty dirty, so i emptied out about half the water and replaced it with the same bottled spring water, then a few hours later the water was even dirtier than before, like really dark and murky! So I cleaned the whole thing again.
There's also this kind of yellowy line around the bottom, that I couldn't wash off the tank very well. It looks like the glass were burnt yellow or something, hard to explain. and there was some orange stuff on some of the gravel.
The fish is really active and doesn't seem to be sick or anything, so I dunno what's going on. Also, I have no filter in the aquarium, and I keep it on my shelf with no direct lighting.
Help would be greatly appreciated.
I just bought my beta last week, and I bought a small aquarium probably like 13" x 18" x 9"
I bought some gravel for the bottom, as well as a fake plant and a little car thing that he can swim through, I cleaned everything very well before putting him in the aquarium. I used mostly bottled spring water, and then some filtered water. This was all on thursday, and today, (monday) the water was already pretty dirty, so i emptied out about half the water and replaced it with the same bottled spring water, then a few hours later the water was even dirtier than before, like really dark and murky! So I cleaned the whole thing again.
There's also this kind of yellowy line around the bottom, that I couldn't wash off the tank very well. It looks like the glass were burnt yellow or something, hard to explain. and there was some orange stuff on some of the gravel.
The fish is really active and doesn't seem to be sick or anything, so I dunno what's going on. Also, I have no filter in the aquarium, and I keep it on my shelf with no direct lighting.
Help would be greatly appreciated.