Well I went downstairs to the room with my 125 turtle tank in it today, and noticed something wrong immediately. My alli snapper wasn't in his normal cave hangout. I checked around a bit and found him dead on the bottom of the tank in the back corner
. Apparently he wasn't as good of a swimmer as I thought, and he drown in about 15 inches of water with almost no current because I removed the powerhead a few days ago.
This comes a week after I finally got him to eat some pellets instead of just talapia fillets. Its kind of upsetting. I should have known there was an issue a few days ago though. I found one of my commons in the exact same position and thought he was dead. I took him out and put him on a counter to go get something to put him in to get rid of his body. He wasn't breathing or moving. When I came back, I watched him spit up a large amount of water. He was ALIVE! I just figured it was a freak accident, let it go, and now one of my favorite turtles is gone because of it.
I should have learned my lesson the first time. Time to remodel the tank, because I still want the water level where it is at.
. Apparently he wasn't as good of a swimmer as I thought, and he drown in about 15 inches of water with almost no current because I removed the powerhead a few days ago.This comes a week after I finally got him to eat some pellets instead of just talapia fillets. Its kind of upsetting. I should have known there was an issue a few days ago though. I found one of my commons in the exact same position and thought he was dead. I took him out and put him on a counter to go get something to put him in to get rid of his body. He wasn't breathing or moving. When I came back, I watched him spit up a large amount of water. He was ALIVE! I just figured it was a freak accident, let it go, and now one of my favorite turtles is gone because of it.
I should have learned my lesson the first time. Time to remodel the tank, because I still want the water level where it is at.
