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Post Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 11:41 pm   Problem with tank.

The color turned all red and bubbly any ideas why this happened? i checked the turtles and nothing was wrong with them though they seem not to eat sometimes..
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Post Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 11:43 pm   

What is red the water? Or do you have a reddish algae growing?
What is your set up like?
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Post Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 11:50 pm   

the tank water just turned into red color not alot just a bit and there was bubbles everywhere floating around
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Post Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 11:50 pm   

If you can't be anymore descriptive than that or post a picture, I really don't know what to say. It's a little hard to picture what's going on.
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Post Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:15 am   

well i changed the water now ill see how it goes if it happens again i post a picture thanks for the quick reply though
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Post Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:02 am   

When you say red, do you mean kind of tea-colored? Have you recently put any sort of wood in your tank?
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Post Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:39 am   

Bubble? Do you have any fish in your tank that could be in the family way?
Who ever said turtles were slow?
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Post Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 11:48 pm   

omg this happened to me before . When there is lots of blood in the tank, the water starts getting foamy. Get your turtles to the vet, ASAP. They might have bit each other in things you can't see, like when they are fanning their organs and it goes back in.
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