Why does the water in my Turtle tank turn green?

I have 2 red-eared sliders. I have been changing the water in their tank almost every other day cause I can't stand to see it looking a little green. There is no algae in the tank and my husband cleaned the filter yesterday after we changed the water. Today it looks alittl green. Help?! What should we do to keep it looking nice?

Why does the water in my Turtle tank turn green?
Turtles are messy. You need to have bigger filter. If you are using a fish filter, you need to have one that does 2-3 times the size of your tank. So, if you have a 50 gallon tank, you need either a 100 or 150 gallon fish filter. If you are using a turtle filter, you should be doing ok. This is really just due to improper filteration. You can add some ZooMed's Repti-Safe which helps with chlorine and chloramites and pH and all kinds of stuff. It really helps keep the tank clean. You can add a plant called Anacharis which is an oxygenizer, eats the turtle feces and it provides a type of live vegetation for the turtle and a hiding spot. You can also add some Exo-Terra Biotize which eats the feces too. Their feces are the main reason that the tank gets dirty. Also, make sure that you take extra uneatten food out of the tank as this makes it messy too.
Reply:most likely algae try turning off the lights at night helped my tank out a bunch!
Reply:WELL IT DEPENDS DO YOU HAVE A FILTER IF NOT MAYBE YOU SHOULD GO TO THE PET STORE WITH YOUR PARENTS AND BUY ONE
Reply:It might be the lighting in your room or whatever. Plus, that kind of thing happens, the water will get green and you can't do much about it. Unfortunately. Perhaps you should try scrubbing the tank instead of just changing the water? I don't know, but this happens with my fish a lot.



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