When this happens it seems like it would be hard to feed the Betta. The bubbles have such force they push the food to the side. Should I turn off the pump for a little while so it can eat? Is my pump not on correctly?
I think for now I’m just going to keep the air pump off during feeding and next week..a larger tank…they aren’t that expensive.
On second thought I might just do what Worldwide and Rohn said. Thanks for your feeback guys.
You’re pump may be too powerful for such a small tank. The easy and simple solution, like you said, is to just shut it off while they’re eating.
Long term solution, get a bigger tank or smaller pump. Maybe even just a larger air stone to disperse the bubbles better.
1gallon thats terrible the poor fish is gonna be miserable, can u adjust the power on it or kink the tubing on the pump 2 get the desired power if not get rid of it and use the outflow of ur filter (assuming u have1) 2disturb the waters surface.
1 gallon
1 heater
1 filter
1 air pump
1 unhappy betta wit no room 2 live
edit: dont put off getting a bigger tank get a 5gallon for happy betta
larger tanks often shut down all filtration and air during feeding to keep the food out of the filters. You can just shut the air off during feeding. The problem with this is to forget to turn it back on. I leave something out of place when I turn off my filters like the door stays open to my tank stand etc. this reminds me should I forget to turn it back on.
Many people do what the previous author suggested although he received -ve feed back.
I just off both my Tunzes when I fee my feed in my reef tank.
And you can do the same. Simply just off the pump during the feed. And then you can turn it back on afterward.
There are also air regulators you can buy cheaply to regulate the amount of the air and thus been able to regulate the amount of bubble.
-rds
I don’t like tanks under 10 gal.