What do I need to change to fix this? I'm assuming the "stuff" is waste/food, but I haven't had so many particles in the past. I even have lots of particles when I change all the media, so what am I doing wrong?
2007-04-25 18:18:26 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Fish
I don't have any sort of gravel in the tank. It's a 120 gallon about 4/5ths of the way full with two 4 inch turtles in it. They eat everything I feed them, but they can be messy. I change almost all the water about every 2-3 weeks. Occasionally, it might even be four weeks, but usually not.
2007-04-25 18:45:53 · update #1
I have an Eheim 2028 Pro II canister filter. Getting an internal filter to go along with it might work...I rinsed eveything when I cleaned it, but maybe I need to take apart all the tubing and rinse that to.
My turtles don't have gravel because turtles can eat gravel and it can kill them. I could throw some river rocks in there, but I thought that would just make the tank harder to keep clean???
2007-04-25 19:12:26 · update #2
Do you use a filter in your tank? A good submersible filter (or two for the size tank you have) would catch most of the particles. I like these because they sit in the water, so don't have the strain to draw the water up out of the tank like the hang-ons since the water level can't be completely to the top of the tank as it would be for fish. Submersibles also don't have the disadvantages of siphoning the water out of the filter whenever there's a power outage (only to have the filter run dry when the power comes back on) or the noise of the water returning to the tank.
A canister filter would be another option, but you should be careful if you would choose one of these to get a model that lets you adjust how far the intake and outflow can sit in the water - some only hang over the rim a few inches, which isn't ideal for a turtle set-up.
Floating particles can always be removed with a fine mesh net (like a brine shrimp net) if a filter doesn't catch them.
2007-04-25 18:57:22 · answer #1 · answered by copperhead 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
do you gravel vacuum the tank ??? your definitely over feeding them if you have food after 2 minutes in the tank . how often do you do water changes , and how much do you change at a time ?? the crud you see floating could be cleared up in about 1 week if you vacuum it , and rinse out your filters, and do 10% water changes daily and stop over feeding them , rule of thumb is a pinch of food for each fish , but the pinch is only as big as thier eye balls..
2007-04-26 01:30:28 · answer #2 · answered by mwparker29_70 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
even with a filter id say to do a 50% water change once a week...... I also see that you dont have gravel . Gravle/sand is a must!! it builds natrul algeys that are good for the tank and it will also help with the dirtyness..... and just wondering when u changed all the filters did u rinse them out? beacuse there all full of cloudy cole in them to that will make your tank all cloudy ontop of it allredy being cloudy
2007-04-26 02:02:12 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Your filter is most certainly choked of worn out (depending on the type). Clean or replace the filter.
2007-04-26 01:31:39 · answer #4 · answered by Darth Jhon 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋