Habitat - Indoor :: help em please..

[ohitsmason]

ok guys i gave my turtle tank a 75% water change like 2 weeks ago but now its all green and cloudy. Please help me this always happens when i do a water change.

would it help if i pour some bacteria in it like the ones from the petstore?.

[Caphits]

That is WAY WAY WAY too much for a single water change.

It causes nearly all of the ammonia to be removed from the system. Which is what the bacteria eat. They simply starve to death when you do such a massive water change. Then, when the ammonia (from poops) finally "catches up" to the new amount of bacteria, it overshoots it, and the bacteria "bloom" from just in the filter (where they belong) to in the tank water (where they dont)


Bottom line:

Changing that much water breaks the "cycle" of nitrogen in the tank, causing bacteria blooms, and algae blooms.

[Daniel3507]

is it an algae green cloud? could be an algae bloom. is the tank by the window by chance?

[ohitsmason]

its like a murky green algae color water and yes it is somewhat near a window.
@caphits that was the only time i did 75% of a water change i usually do 30%

[Caphits]

Which is why it stressed your bacteria.

[ohitsmason]

so would it be better if i put some stree zyme in the water(bacteria)

[Daniel3507]

just let it cycle again and it should be okay