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Posted by Charles on April 16, 2006, 12:15 am
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>I've had a film of oil floating onto of my betta bowl for like 2 weeks
>now. To begin with I thought it was because It was in the kitchen. So i
>moved him, took everything out and washed it and rinsed the bowl in hot
>water and then filled it put and waited over night before putting the
>betta back in (after making sure there was no grease left) but after a
>few days the grease builds up again. I started skimming water off the
>top everyday and 2 days ago I actually took the whole thing outside and
>filled it up with water so it overflowed so I could get rid of the oil
>on the top.
>
>Things looked ok for a while but today I just noticed there is a fair
>bit of grease covering the water surface again. HELP!! What can I do to
>get rid of it? I don't really wnat to have to clean everything in
>detergent and am sure that's not even a good idea. I don't knwo where
>the grease could be coming from? the plant?
float a paper towel on the water, it should skim the oil off. I've
had it before, my guess is that it came from the food. the filters I
have now disturb the surface enough that a film doesn't collect.
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>I've had a film of oil floating onto of my betta bowl for like 2 weeks
>now. To begin with I thought it was because It was in the kitchen. So i
>moved him, took everything out and washed it and rinsed the bowl in hot
>water and then filled it put and waited over night before putting the
>betta back in (after making sure there was no grease left) but after a
>few days the grease builds up again. I started skimming water off the
>top everyday and 2 days ago I actually took the whole thing outside and
>filled it up with water so it overflowed so I could get rid of the oil
>on the top.
>
>Things looked ok for a while but today I just noticed there is a fair
>bit of grease covering the water surface again. HELP!! What can I do to
>get rid of it? I don't really wnat to have to clean everything in
>detergent and am sure that's not even a good idea. I don't knwo where
>the grease could be coming from? the plant?
float a paper towel on the water, it should skim the oil off. I've
had it before, my guess is that it came from the food. the filters I
have now disturb the surface enough that a film doesn't collect.
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>now. To begin with I thought it was because It was in the kitchen. So i
>moved him, took everything out and washed it and rinsed the bowl in hot
>water and then filled it put and waited over night before putting the
>betta back in (after making sure there was no grease left) but after a
>few days the grease builds up again. I started skimming water off the
>top everyday and 2 days ago I actually took the whole thing outside and
>filled it up with water so it overflowed so I could get rid of the oil
>on the top.
>
>Things looked ok for a while but today I just noticed there is a fair
>bit of grease covering the water surface again. HELP!! What can I do to
>get rid of it? I don't really wnat to have to clean everything in
>detergent and am sure that's not even a good idea. I don't knwo where
>the grease could be coming from? the plant?