Habitat - Indoor :: a little help

[lucky78113]

hello..

i have a 50 gallon tank and a fuval canister filter that pumps out 40 gallons
i only fill up the tank to 35 to 40 gallons max

why is my turtle tank so cloudy white color.

[DerekMetal]

Well the general rule of thumb for RES's is to have a filter that is designed to filter a least 2 times the size of your tank, because they are very messy with their food and using the restroom ect.
So if you have a 50 gallon tank, I would recommend using a filter designed for filtering a 100 gallon tank.
If you only actually fill it with 35-40 gallons, then at minimum you should have a filter designed to filter an 80 gallon.
Remember, you can never have enough filtering lol.
But obviously, like all of us, pricing is always an issue.

[steve]

Sounds like your tank needs a bit of time to cycle. Inadequate filtration can cause other types of problems like the ones DerekMetal mentioned.

[jozzep]

Derek, the bare minimum is 3x per hour....So 40 gallons need 120GPH filter.And i agree that bigger is ALWAYS better, even for future upgrades.
Most likely you have a nitrate spike cause your tank is cycling and building beneficial bacteria like Steve said.Do partial water changes and it should clear up in a week or so.If not....... Get a bigger filter.