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HELP MY TURTLE TANK WATER IS CLOUDY
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Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:46 pmby joopt
its like kinda like gasoline when its on water that kinda thing, i don't know why this has never happened before and i've had this tank for like 2 months now is it because its winter?
also i found small air bubbles on my turtle shells but i can rub it off with a couple tries
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Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:20 pmby mike hill
joot - Without more information it is hard to diagnose. My philosophy is to get a larger filter that pumps more water through the filter media.
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Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:26 pmby papoopeepoo
do you mean the surface of the water is cloudy? or all of the water?
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Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:11 pmby chinkieboy
i think he means the water surface.
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Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:44 amby SabrinaF
Its stagnant water, i had the same thing and then I put in a bubbler. Do you feed your turt in his tank?
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Thu Oct 22, 2009 1:16 amby joeybsmooth
What color is it , and what color was your Sabrina .
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Thu Oct 22, 2009 8:18 pmby SabrinaF
Looked like oil on the water, kind of smokey looking. And if you swept your finger along the water you would get filmy residue on your finger
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Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:06 pmby joopt
SabrinaF wrote:Looked like oil on the water, kind of smokey looking. And if you swept your finger along the water you would get filmy residue on your finger
EXACTLY
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Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:41 amby SabrinaF
SabrinaF wrote:Its stagnant water, i had the same thing and then I put in a bubbler. Do you feed your turt in his tank?
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Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:40 pmby marisa
It's oil, most likely from pellets and other uneaten food. If you can, move the output so that it agitates the surface of the water more.
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Wed Nov 04, 2009 9:32 pmby a and c
That happened to me too. I wasnt able to get the regular food that i feed my turtles and i decided to get the colored kind. it turned my tank so cloudy. i brought the food rite back to the store and got diffrent stuff.
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Wed Nov 04, 2009 9:39 pmby freshprince2146
^ a and c why not just feed them in a separate container?? That what i do it helps me go longer without water changes..
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Thu Nov 05, 2009 1:15 amby jozzep
Agitating the surface only masks the problem. You still have oil in the water.
For this issue i bought an attachment for my canister intake that takes water from the bottom, and from the surface like a skimmer.
If you have a siphon to do water changes, just keep it on the surface so you skim the oil out.