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Cloudy turtle tank after water change

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  • 30-06-2018 11:46pm
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    bobby93
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭


    Hi i have a 150l tank with two terrapins, i normally use half rain water and half from our well but iv had to change to river water the last 2 weeks because our well is drying up with the dry weather. Now the tank clouds over to the point we can hardly see the turtles after one day. Is there anything I can do till we get some rain again? Thanks in advance


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    ARNOLD J RIMMER
    Closed Accounts Posts: 215 ✭✭ARNOLD J RIMMER


    bobby93 wrote: »
    Hi i have a 150l tank with two terrapins, i normally use half rain water and half from our well but iv had to change to river water the last 2 weeks because our well is drying up with the dry weather. Now the tank clouds over to the point we can hardly see the turtles after one day. Is there anything I can do till we get some rain again? Thanks in advance

    Chances are it is an Algae bloom in the tank. This is due to the fact that the river contains Algae.

    You should try blacking out the tank for 3 days to see if it clears up.

    Blacking out is when you put a sheet over the tank to stop letting light in
    (Leaving the light off as well.)


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