Filtration not need!.......?

[komodo182]

Hello,
I am reading on another forum that filtration for turtles and other aquatic reptiles is not need at all and is a waste of time and money. It is easier and causes no harm to the animal if you just use no filtration and just do 100% water changes weekly.

Is this true because I just bought an xp3 for my turtle set up and i think its doing a great job.

I read that no filter can handle the load of a turtle, yet my water parameters have 0 ammonia and 0 nitrite...? My turtles are not full grown, so maybe that has something to do with it.

Is this really true because, one, I am shocked and two I will move the xp3 to a fish tank instead.

Thanks everyone.

 

[GhostShrimpMan]

Great Q.

 

[komodo182]

Great Q.

Thanks. I was shocked to first read it on a site.
I have had turtles in a tank before without a filter and it smelt nasty, but I want to know what others think.
The other website has a very limited audience and there are only about 5 people commenting on the thread. I figured I could get more input here.

 

[GhostShrimpMan]

Yeah it wouldn't look or smell good.

 

[jclyde13]

Depends on the setup imo. You certainly don't need biological or chemical filtration for turtles, but having some mechanical filtration would be benificial. I used to keep RES in a non-filtered tank with no problems, but it would probably be less work if I would have had a filter.

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

u cna run without a filter. ur water is gonna get stagnent and stink but its possible. just keep up with the WC

 

[smpage]

Unless you want gross, stagnant disgusting looking water then you need a filter. I dunno about you, but I wouldn't want to take a bath in pond scum.

 

[jclyde13]

Unless you want gross, stagnant disgusting looking water then you need a filter. I dunno about you, but I wouldn't want to take a bath in pond scum.

ime, if you change small amounts of water multiple times per week, the water stays pretty clean.

 

[knifegill]

I had to add a filter (fountain pump that discharges above the gravel) to prevent the heater from destroying itself. Tropical turtle.

 

[smpage]

ime, if you change small amounts of water multiple times per week, the water stays pretty clean.

I MAY have over exaggerated my example lol.