- Pet forum for dogs cats and humans    Betta's Water  June
25th, 2008, 02:52 PM When I got my betta (Tony) a year and a
half ago I had him at work with me, he had treated city water. I
have since left that job and brought him home. My hubby and I
live on an acreage and our water comes from a well. The water
from the well has quite high mineral content, we get rust-like
streaks in the toilet bowl and if water is left on the drying
cutlery it will leave a buildup of minerals.  Tony initially
adjusted well to the change in water (8 months ago). Lately we
notice he's been almost lethargic, he just sits on his plant and
sleeps. I have taken in water samples and also bought water
testing strips for at home. All of them say that the hardness is
through the roof and the pH is a little high. I bought a
solution that says it will bring the hardness and pH down but I
notice that it's not really working that well.  Is there
anything else I can do to bring the hardness down? Is this what
is causing him to be lethargic? I