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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All you have to do to have proper water is either buy the tap water conditioning drops at the pet store or use bottled SPRING water for a betta. [/quote]

OP here, Thanks for this. Happy to buy bottled water.[/quote]

This is bad advice, at least if you are unwilling to call the company and find out what is in the water.  Bottled water is much less regulated than tap water and can contain a lot of crap including chlorine/choloramine -- it's just not required to  be on the label.

I've kept a lot of fish and honestly, the easiest way to do this is to have two small-ish bowls for 1 betta.  Betta lives in bowl A.  About once a month, clean the bowl as follows: fill bowl B 2/3 full with tap water and add a couple drops of water conditioner to remove the chloramine.  Then add about 1/3 of the water from bowl A, to bowl B.  Let the whole thing stand for 24 hours, to come up to temperature and settle well.  Transfer betta to bowl B, and clean bowl A.  Next month, betta moves from bowl B to bowl A using the same process.  You could do this with just one bowl by putting the fish in a cup or something while you clean the tank, but that's harder on the fish (more transfers) and you're less likely to actually do the cleaning if there's not a system.

If you can, consider springing for a small heater: bettas can live at room temperature but they are tropical fish and they like it warmer than you probably keep the house.  Here's one:  https://www.amazon.com/Hydor-7-5w-Heater-Bettas-Bowls/dp/B006JVQ67K

Good luck![/quote]

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