I think I've been lucky because I've never experienced any smells what's so ever from my turtles and I'm a first time turtle mom. I have a Cumberland Slider and a Ouachita Map Red Eared Slider Hybrid, and I've never once had issues with smells. I do about 60% water changes every 4-5 days on their 150 gallon tub, plus I remove everything from the tank and give it a good scrub down, I also tend to do a quick scrub down on the inside of the tank while it's draining water. I clean their filter like once a month and I feed them in their tank and spot clean anything left over after a day. Thank you for the videos. I have learned a lot about how to be a good turtle mom from you and my boys seem healthy and happy for the last 2 years.
I don't think you need to clean everything (especially the decorations, like wood or stones). Since those things can hold beneficial bacteria. Maybe just some shake in the old water will do. 😁
I added another internal sterilizer to my big tank, I take my 2 goofballs out to feed them in another tub and they just stare at me like what did we do?? I kept at it for a week then let them win. Turtles are the messiest critters ever but when you call their name and they look around to find you or follow you from room to room in the house it makes it all so worth it! 💚💚🐢💚💚
Definitely the food seems to be the worst when it comes to smell but sometimes finicky turtles get stressed and won't eat outside their enclosure but if you can do it's the way to go. Great video as always!!!! 👍
I can totally relate to that. In the past i had baby turtle that just won't eat outside the enclosure, no matter what. In the end i just give up and add some mosquito fish to eat the leftovers pelets 😅.
Hope you feel better Dan❤️ I found the trick to in tank feeding my little Northern so I don’t stress her out... One Mazuri pellet at a time; that way there will be no rotting food and NO mess 😊
Hope u feeling better. Hopefully this helps. I used a moss ball and a sunsun JUP-02 5 walt UV sterilizer sumersible filter pump, which these two things gets rid of odors in my 40 gallon tank everyday. I do clean my 5 uv watt once a day. I got the moss ball from petco. I order the 5 watt uv light pump from amazon. I do clean my moss ball daily. Very cute and precious baby turtles.
Thanks for this video! I figured out why my tank smelled after cleaning the other day. The filter was cleaned and I didn’t know that at least some bacteria must be kept in there 🤦♂️ Helped out a lot!
My daughter's tank smells too hi atmosphere, that's why I'm here, she does a very good job on the tank, she's an A student, so she earned the red ear, it's healthy. Kiwi started out no bigger than a .50 pcs, now it's bigger than yur hand. It in a 40 gal. tank she think she needs a 55 gal. I told her that's just more room for food to cling to. We will get a container to start feeding her in it. Thanks for all you do.
I also want to add one little tips that might help, adding a *floating plant* in the brand new setup is a good idea too. 5 days ago, i make a outdoor enclosure for my baby Pink Belly side neck and False Map turtle. I just add a driftwood for a basking platform, one medium sized lava rock, no filter and no substrate. I also add 3 mosquito fish to help eating the leftovers pelet since i feed them in the enclosure. My daily maintenance is just scooping debris and poops with some fine net. And that's basically it, up to this day (0 water change) the water didn't even smell or cloudy. Those floater do some wonderful work and they did it so fast.
I think having some compatible fish in the tank, like guppies, are a great way to keep the waste down because they will eat all the leftovers from the turtles food. So you won't have a leftover food situation like in your white feeding tub.
Good video I got cloudy water and smell and had bought some pond clear liquid. it made the water really cloudy but I waited and eventually it cleared. Then it got cloudy again. I clean my 60 pound tank every 10 days. What a nag but your video cleared a lot up of why its stinky even if its clean.
Let me save you 8 minutes. Try feeding the turtle outside of their “home” enclosure. If they refuse to eat out if their enclosure: • Consider getting small minnows to eat the leftover turtle food. I personally use Rosies. (They keep the tank clean and double as enrichment/a snack for your turtle) • Buy anti turtle sludge water conditioner. It works wonders and keeps your turtle healthy. :3 • Clean your take once a week. Do water changes frequently. • Get a better water filter. I personally change my filter once a month.
Bought new filter much larger and I had to change the water almost immediately after due to the bad smell water super cloudy… on day three after water change
I have 2 turtles that I keep in a 55 gallon tank, I change 80% of the water once a week. No problem with odor. They are about 11 inches long and I think they would have more water in a large kiddie pool, but my question for Dan: will I be able to keep the water warm enough? Will I have too much heat loss because of the big open surface? Also is it harder to keep clean?
My musk turtle is getting big bigger then normal im sure but I clean her out and change the water every month or so I only have her and shes always has been a stinky girl but more often now it's worse and I don't know what to do, we got her from a couple who couldn't look after her and didn't feed her 😡 so me and my partner took her on thank god.. I do feed her in her tank because that's what she is used to, my partner said pass her on 2 someone or a reptile owner, I just can't do that just coz of bad smell, I love her deeply❤❤WHAT SHALL I Do?
What mesh bags do you use for your activated carbon? I have the carbon you showed in the video and it has been a nightmare to find something that doesn't leak in the water from the filter.
I changed the water 2 days ago and it's swampy. My Res is 25 years old, 7 lbs and 3 filters, added one and its swampy. What's going on. I skim every day. Help
It's not the tank but specifically my turtle smelling horrible. What could be the reason? It is kept in sunlight for 4/5 hours and it normally choose to stay out of water that time. Filter working well, changed water just yesterday? Is it sick? Ammonia accumulation due to too long exposure to sun light ?
Hi Dan. I always here you saying about algae issues. Why don't you get a cooter or two? They will keep the algae under control for ya! Beautiful turtles too
Wait... Did cooter or any slider actually eat algae ?. Also what kind of algae are you talking about ? String or just algae in the wall (since that is what i got in my pool pond).
if you have no filter and your water smells bad because there arent any bacteria colonized, will the water still turn clear after some time? or it will stay cloudy because i have no filter at all?
MIne was like that also stinks but after I changed a bigger filter everything was ok! Anyway I am looking to buy for this kind of baby turtles but I cannot find any.where is the best place to get some?
"so your turtle tank smells like sh*t"
*video liked*
I think I've been lucky because I've never experienced any smells what's so ever from my turtles and I'm a first time turtle mom. I have a Cumberland Slider and a Ouachita Map Red Eared Slider Hybrid, and I've never once had issues with smells. I do about 60% water changes every 4-5 days on their 150 gallon tub, plus I remove everything from the tank and give it a good scrub down, I also tend to do a quick scrub down on the inside of the tank while it's draining water. I clean their filter like once a month and I feed them in their tank and spot clean anything left over after a day. Thank you for the videos. I have learned a lot about how to be a good turtle mom from you and my boys seem healthy and happy for the last 2 years.
I don't think you need to clean everything (especially the decorations, like wood or stones). Since those things can hold beneficial bacteria. Maybe just some shake in the old water will do. 😁
I added another internal sterilizer to my big tank, I take my 2 goofballs out to feed them in another tub and they just stare at me like what did we do?? I kept at it for a week then let them win. Turtles are the messiest critters ever but when you call their name and they look around to find you or follow you from room to room in the house it makes it all so worth it! 💚💚🐢💚💚
same mines literlly is wanna come out it ignores the food it just wanna go back to its tank
Definitely the food seems to be the worst when it comes to smell but sometimes finicky turtles get stressed and won't eat outside their enclosure but if you can do it's the way to go. Great video as always!!!! 👍
I can totally relate to that. In the past i had baby turtle that just won't eat outside the enclosure, no matter what. In the end i just give up and add some mosquito fish to eat the leftovers pelets 😅.
The food smell ronchie way before the turtle ever gets to it! The tank has a whole different issue that surely needs addressing?
Hope you feel better Dan❤️ I found the trick to in tank feeding my little Northern so I don’t stress her out... One Mazuri pellet at a time; that way there will be no rotting food and NO mess 😊
You have infinite more patience than me!
Hope u feeling better. Hopefully this helps. I used a moss ball and a sunsun JUP-02 5 walt UV sterilizer sumersible filter pump, which these two things gets rid of odors in my 40 gallon tank everyday. I do clean my 5 uv watt once a day. I got the moss ball from petco. I order the 5 watt uv light pump from amazon. I do clean my moss ball daily. Very cute and precious baby turtles.
Thanks for this video! I figured out why my tank smelled after cleaning the other day. The filter was cleaned and I didn’t know that at least some bacteria must be kept in there 🤦♂️ Helped out a lot!
My daughter's tank smells too hi atmosphere, that's why I'm here, she does a very good job on the tank, she's an A student, so she earned the red ear, it's healthy. Kiwi started out no bigger than a .50 pcs, now it's bigger than yur hand. It in a 40 gal. tank she think she needs a 55 gal. I told her that's just more room for food to cling to. We will get a container to start feeding her in it. Thanks for all you do.
Tysm for this video
I have been facing this problem for a year now
Take care of yourself and get well soon 😘
I also want to add one little tips that might help, adding a *floating plant* in the brand new setup is a good idea too. 5 days ago, i make a outdoor enclosure for my baby Pink Belly side neck and False Map turtle. I just add a driftwood for a basking platform, one medium sized lava rock, no filter and no substrate.
I also add 3 mosquito fish to help eating the leftovers pelet since i feed them in the enclosure. My daily maintenance is just scooping debris and poops with some fine net. And that's basically it, up to this day (0 water change) the water didn't even smell or cloudy. Those floater do some wonderful work and they did it so fast.
I totally agree. If you can do live plants of any kind, particularly floaters, they're nitrate sinks. They will keep that water CLEAN and CLEAR!
@@DanTheTurtleMan_ yup the only downside of having floaters is most of the time, our turtles will mess / torn their root 😅.
Get better soon❤
I think having some compatible fish in the tank, like guppies, are a great way to keep the waste down because they will eat all the leftovers from the turtles food. So you won't have a leftover food situation like in your white feeding tub.
Lol mine do that 2 i have 4 and they start freaking out when there full lmao the lil splashing noises they make its so funny
Very Good Idea,Thank You.💯
Thank you
All good information . Keep it rolling out man.
Good video I got cloudy water and smell and had bought some pond clear liquid. it made the water really cloudy but I waited and eventually it cleared. Then it got cloudy again. I clean my 60 pound tank every 10 days. What a nag but your video cleared a lot up of why its stinky even if its clean.
Feel better soon 😔❤🖖
Dig the holes reference
Great video!
I’ll be starting a turtle tank soon and so all your videos are a great . Keep it up . I am a dog channel but I do show my fish tank .
*me in my mind:"c'mon think of something funny"
Literally me always
Same
Let me save you 8 minutes.
Try feeding the turtle outside of their “home” enclosure. If they refuse to eat out if their enclosure:
• Consider getting small minnows to eat the leftover turtle food. I personally use Rosies. (They keep the tank clean and double as enrichment/a snack for your turtle)
• Buy anti turtle sludge water conditioner. It works wonders and keeps your turtle healthy. :3
• Clean your take once a week. Do water changes frequently.
• Get a better water filter. I personally change my filter once a month.
I like this new word I made up, Dankocity. I think that’s the word you made have been looking for if it was real. ;)
Bought new filter much larger and I had to change the water almost immediately after due to the bad smell water super cloudy… on day three after water change
Can u do any videos on mississippi map turtles please 🙏
Thankyou so much
I have 2 turtles that I keep in a 55 gallon tank, I change 80% of the water once a week. No problem with odor. They are about 11 inches long and I think they would have more water in a large kiddie pool, but my question for Dan: will I be able to keep the water warm enough? Will I have too much heat loss because of the big open surface? Also is it harder to keep clean?
Not if you have a strong enough heater, but ensure it doesn't touch the pool as it could melt the plastic!
I’ve tried feeding my turtle in a separate tub, but it never eats it, only if its in the tank idk what to do
My musk turtle is getting big bigger then normal im sure but I clean her out and change the water every month or so I only have her and shes always has been a stinky girl but more often now it's worse and I don't know what to do, we got her from a couple who couldn't look after her and didn't feed her 😡 so me and my partner took her on thank god.. I do feed her in her tank because that's what she is used to, my partner said pass her on 2 someone or a reptile owner, I just can't do that just coz of bad smell, I love her deeply❤❤WHAT SHALL I Do?
What mesh bags do you use for your activated carbon? I have the carbon you showed in the video and it has been a nightmare to find something that doesn't leak in the water from the filter.
How about pantyhose ? Those are cheap and have a very fine / small opening.
Yeah I use some type of filter floss or material, or honestly an old sock will work as well!
Thanks for the suggestions
Blue green algae buildup can make your tank stink as well. It’s a very earthy almost like clay pots 🤷🏽♂️
I changed the water 2 days ago and it's swampy. My Res is 25 years old, 7 lbs and 3 filters, added one and its swampy. What's going on. I skim every day. Help
best intro 100%😂😂😂😂
Thanks 👍
It's not the tank but specifically my turtle smelling horrible. What could be the reason? It is kept in sunlight for 4/5 hours and it normally choose to stay out of water that time. Filter working well, changed water just yesterday? Is it sick? Ammonia accumulation due to too long exposure to sun light ?
Hi Dan. I always here you saying about algae issues. Why don't you get a cooter or two? They will keep the algae under control for ya! Beautiful turtles too
Wait... Did cooter or any slider actually eat algae ?. Also what kind of algae are you talking about ? String or just algae in the wall (since that is what i got in my pool pond).
if you have no filter and your water smells bad because there arent any bacteria colonized, will the water still turn clear after some time? or it will stay cloudy because i have no filter at all?
Great Video! Keep it up!
Great work keep it up love from India
Love from America!
And when I first got my red eared slider it smelled bad!
Seven likes but no views.... hmmmmm....anyways great video!
Thank you!
What do you do with the activate charcoal?? Put in tank, room, nose?? Seriously- we need to know
In the filter!!!
@@DanTheTurtleMan_ so I've got filter packs with charcoal in them... do I add charcoal to the filter cups?
@@lorimcnelly7265 if it's already got charcoal in it, you should be fine!
Wooooooooooooooooo i like turtlessss and fish and natureeee
Same!
I live and keep all my animals in Surinam🐢🦎🐟
So you just put the charcoal in the water?
I brought a tank with a huge filter but the filter itself smells bad
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There's an aged old rumor that chopped up raw garlic in a turtle pond and tank will cut down on the stank...
MIne was like that also stinks but after I changed a bigger filter everything was ok! Anyway I am looking to buy for this kind of baby turtles but I cannot find any.where is the best place to get some?
Where can i get a poop vaccum cleaner? I have a 5 year old snapping turtle 🐢 HELP ME!!!!
Mine smells and im about to move it from its own personal room to the living room dining area
can we get a update with the sick turt?
Out now!
Beneficial Bacteria 👍👍👍
I got it!!!!
How often do you feed a turtle
Why did I click on this? My tank never smelled lol
When I feed them gold fish today it wasn’t cloudy
I watched this video hoping you said carbon. It works miracles.
the most annoying thing is the videography ... its constantly moving and shaking!
what if my actual turtles smell worse than the water?
1:36 you're welcome
Yo dan can you help me set up my 100 gallon
Dan: “Ah so your tank smells like shit”
Me: **withered Wojak meme**
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No, sorry!
no bacteria? get a bacteria starter...
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