Habitat - Indoor :: White and Cloudy

[joeybsmooth]

I changed my tank water and now it is all white and cloundy ... and I have no clue why.. Any tips on what I can do ?

[Kemul]

White and cloudy seems like bacteria bloom while your filter is cycling. You can
do a daily 10-20% water change or just wait it out. I don't think it'll harm your
turtle.

[joeybsmooth]

First green now this . I just want my water to be nice and clear .

[scottpkura]

mine did this after a complete water change, it took a few days to clear.

[Caphits]

I think it would be best to do a minimal water change, (10% or so) and let the filter re-establish a bacteria colony.

What bio-media are you using?

[joeybsmooth]

Active Carbon

[Kemul]

No, active carbon is chemical filtration. Biomedia is a place for bacteria to live on.
For example: bioballs, ceramic rings, pot scrubbers (yep, they work fine).

Canister filter is the best filter to keep your water nice and clear. It's costly though.
If you'd like, do a DIY project making a canister filter. Otherwise, just make sure
you have good mechanical and biological filtration in your filter. Active carbon is
more to reduce smell and catch poisons that a turtle is rather strong to handle.
Usually, active carbon is not that important for a turtle's tank.

[SpenceMasta]

new tank syndrome, its natural and it happens, doesn't affect the turtle and it goes away after a few days, carbon is pretty useless for turtle set ups, need to maximize on biomedia like kemul said

[joeybsmooth]

All you new guys schooling me . lol

[papoopeepoo]

haha! You learn something new everyday, Joey. I still use carbon, along with fluval prefilter, a coarse pad, and BioMax, in my FX5. I still got algae blooms until I setup my sump refugium.

[joeybsmooth]

I think I am just going to bite and my of F5 . I am sick of changing my water every 2 weeks. Next pay day . ( becuase this week I had to drop 800 of school books )