ok its now gotten to the point where the water turns green in like 2-3 days...now its been a full week and i still havent changed the water and its really green....is this harmful to my turtles in any way..?? is it bad for their eyes? also is there any way to get rid of these algea thing? ive seen some things u can put in the tank but its fatal to the turtles...i want something i can just spill in there and leave my turtles in there and it will kill all the algea...
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Is Algea water bad for my turtles..???
peyman
Jun 30, 2003 03:52 PM
Replies (3)
Turtlemh
Jun 30, 2003 03:55 PM
its not bad for them i don't think i would use any chem
fusiongt
Jun 30, 2003 06:34 PM
Turtle water doesn't get green from algae.. does it?
The tank glass itself will get algae on it as well as rocks and other stuff in it.. but the water itself won't get green is what I think.
Maybe your turtles went poo and that is whats causing the messiness/discoloration of water. If you have a good filter it should usually be clean but the water itself can get bad if the turtles go poo and you don't take it out in time. 
That's what I think.. Algae isn't too bad but very ugly so when you do water changes maybe scrub some of the algae off
mariza
Jul 01, 2003 09:46 AM
Is your tank in a window? This could be contributing to algae growth. You could also buy some algae eaters.
