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melsmom
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Location: san diego, California

PostPosted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 1:58 pm    Post subject: water is white! Reply with quote

we live in san diego and had to evacuate during the fires. I had just cleaned the tank the day before we evacuated. I put the turt in a washbasin with treated water and we piled in our RV. The turt did very well. We came home the next day and the tank water looked good. I had left the pump on (fluval 3). The turt went back home. By the next day the water was white and milky colored. So .. i did a complete water change again because i wasn't sure if the turt caught something during our evacuation. I cleaned the shell (toothbrush) and the tank and put the turt back in. The next day ... again white smelly water. I don't know what to do . Any suggestions? The water is 1/2 bottled and 1/2 tap (our tap water was not affected and is safe). I treated the tap water and also have biowaste stuff in there ... help!!
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STRAYKINGFISHER
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Location: Bryan, TEXAS

PostPosted: Fri Oct 26, 2007 7:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I haven't had that problem myself, but I have heard it called "tank shock"
This link might help out:
http://www.drhelm.com/aquarium/cloudy%20water.html
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