Tank water =/

[Aaron4321]

Come back to this today:



They are just bubble on the surface. Just wondering if anybody knows what it is? Is it harmful? How to cure it?

Cheers.

(It is in Shelled to as it is for a Turt, just wondering if people here know)

[HABU]

the water is full of organic compounds... changing it would be good.

proteins and crap cause the bubbles...

but i can't tell much by the fuzzy pics...

i'd change some water, vacuum the substrate and clean the filter media in the waste water...

[AshMashMash]

What we looking at? The white bubbles around the wire and the edge of the tub?

Bubbles are more stable when there is excess protein in the water. Bascially, up your water changes, check the nitrogen values of the water, feed less, get a bigger filter, or one of those fresh water protein skimmers. Never tried them my self.

What have you got in there? What food do you feed and things? Meaty stuff?

[Mujician]

I think it is just because there is little water movement where the bubbles are. Maybe as its a turtle its also due tho the protein in the food you use. It will make the water slightly 'thicker' i think. I think you could possibly add some more water to get a decent flow around the filter.

[Aaron4321]

Sorry about the picture. I feed alot of live food, turtle pellet (Have protein in them) and meat. The filver is a Fluval U2 and the box is not huge, id say about 20 litres of water.

Ill feed less and do a big water change.

[AshMashMash]

Originally Posted by HABU

proteins

Originally Posted by AshMashMash

protein

Originally Posted by Mujician

protein

You cna always count on the fishy peeps!

Originally Posted by Aaron4321

Sorry about the picture. I feed alot of live food, turtle pellet (Have protein in them) and meat. The filver is a Fluval U2 and the box is not huge, id say about 20 litres of water.

Ill feed less and do a big water change.

Yep. Bigger water changes and a bigger filter are probably in order

What sort of water changes do you do? Amount/frequency?

[Aaron4321]

About a third of the water every week. It has only just come up since my last water change last week. Think my sister may of over fed when i was away.

[HABU]

you do not want organics floating around... it encourages the nasty bacterias to grow along with algae... which can make your animals sick...

you don't want nitrogenous compounds floating around there.

run a well maintained filter biological, mechanical and chemical... use some good activated carbon and maybe an ammonia remover...

clean the filter and do partial water changes regularly...

a u.v. sterilizer will be a help in water clarity and cleanliness... as well as killing the nasties and reducing algae...

also make sure you have some current and aeration going on... break that surface tension...

[HABU]

Originally Posted by Aaron4321

Sorry about the picture. I feed alot of live food, turtle pellet (Have protein in them) and meat. The filver is a Fluval U2 and the box is not huge, id say about 20 litres of water.

Ill feed less and do a big water change.

with a turtle i'd reccomend having a filter that is rated to cycle at least 5 to 7 times your water volume an hour... a good prefilter will really help in keeping things clean..

just some suggestions there...

[AshMashMash]

Originally Posted by Aaron4321

About a third of the water every week. It has only just come up since my last water change last week. Think my sister may of over fed when i was away.

That sounds HIGHLY plausible to me Aaron. Other people always over feed.

I agree with Habu, get a mahoosive filter, waaay over rated, it'll do good.