I dechlor the water. I may have not had 98323938742^2 turtles of 134x+3y different species, but out of the two I had, both showed sensitivity to chlorine. I hear they still open there eyes underwater, and don't yours get itchy after being in a pool?
Is a turtle water change the same as a fish?
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instantthc;2345068; said:
Well...most of the others have already resumed it but cleaning the tank is still needed, no undergravel filters, Salmonella is a small but always present treat that increases dramaticly in a unclean tank in wich the size of the turtle doesant matter a thing
or the time that has passed since the tank was made, planted turtle tanks are a very hard endeavor to take and will certanly not work in 10 gallon, the plants will simply take space and contribute to the bioload(I sometimes recomend putting some Elodea in turt tanks just for nibble on), scrubbing your turtle shell shouldnt be needed if you keep your turtles in a clean and big enogh habitat and I never have to do it
in my exerience that only happens in cramped and fillpy condicions (tuché), feeders wouldnt help a thing here
and I higly doubth that you having kept 30 plus turts in your life time never had a die of 
I corrently have my 3 dozen animals and in my life time I´ve kept, rescued, petsit and bred probably almost 80 turtles(counting with the ones I now have) In breeding alone my turts bred 37 babys of 3 species of wich 34 have survived to adulthood
Death makes part of life and a number of my animals have unfornatly died dispite my sometimes exausting atempts to safe them
In my defence I say that in my hands much more turts borned than thouse that have died and thouse that died had very serious medical problems. So unless you are the first keeper to never ever lose a animal...
I wont lie, mine don't get their water changed quite as much as my fish, but their tank still stays clean. I've also never dechlorinated the water and never had problems.
I also agree that a UGF is a very bad idea. I actually recently changed my turtle tank over to bare bottom to make it easier to remove all of the waste during water changes.
And as to the the salmonella thing...the 4" law from what I have heard has more to do with children handling them and being exposed to salmonella than the actual size of the turtle vs. it carrying the disease. Children are prone to put small things in their mouths, and a turtle, even from a very clean tank, is not something you want them to put there. Once over 4", turtles are much more difficult for kids to handle in that way, and the risk of transmitting salmonella decreases somewhat.
I also agree that a UGF is a very bad idea. I actually recently changed my turtle tank over to bare bottom to make it easier to remove all of the waste during water changes.
And as to the the salmonella thing...the 4" law from what I have heard has more to do with children handling them and being exposed to salmonella than the actual size of the turtle vs. it carrying the disease. Children are prone to put small things in their mouths, and a turtle, even from a very clean tank, is not something you want them to put there. Once over 4", turtles are much more difficult for kids to handle in that way, and the risk of transmitting salmonella decreases somewhat.
my rivercooter turtle lived for quite some time without
filter / heater / air pump
he had a tank water and a brick in the water so he could climb out nothing else and he was fine
filter / heater / air pump
he had a tank water and a brick in the water so he could climb out nothing else and he was fine
Vicious_Fish;2346910; said:
nothing he's fine ive finally moved him in with the cichlid tank as its in my front living room so i can see hi more
but he was in the tank along for ages weeks an weeks
The cooter aint living she was surviving