46-gallon Turtle Tank - June 07, Take 2

A more color-neutral video than the previous one...the previous one used fluorescent setting and was a bit too warm to my liking.

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Pets & Animals

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• aquarium
• tank
• turtle
• fish
• cichlid
• mbuna
• goldfish
• pet
• animal

[squall3773]

yeah i also had a question on the sand in your tank

do the turtles often kick the sand up n make the tank cloudy?

also how do ur filters stand up to the sand?

does the sand get in?

and finally on cleaning the sand.. i was thinking u can use those sucking devices like when cleaning gravel or removing water, but i think the sand would get pulled all the way through being so fine.

Or do u simply remove the sand and replase it with new every cleaning?

thx, much appreiated

[calwhiz]

The turtles do occasionally kick up the sand. But they settle down pretty fast. Sand is, after all, heavier than water. Little amount of sand does get into the filter but it hasn't caused any problem for me at all. I don't actually clean the sand. I use the siphon to just suck off the debris off the surface.

[turtlesrock677]

oohhh! well... he did eat a grasshopper and not a cricket the next day so i guess he is a pretty picky eater! and thanx! and should i be worried if there is white lines between each shell plate (hexagons on the top of his shell)?

[calwhiz]

I don't know about these white lines...you probably want to read about some turtle shell diseases on the net to see if it's something you need to worry about.

[turtlesrock677]

ok thank u thank u! he's not eating veggies though! is he sick?!?!

[calwhiz]

Is he still eating the krills though? If so, then I wouldn't worry about it too much. He may just be a picky eater, as most newly caught and baby turtles are.

[TheReturnofDogen]

What kind of filter do you use, how often do you clean it, and how do you take care of it (do you manually clean it or buy new cartridges or what)?

[cuteturtle438]

And also i reccomend some egg shells for shell calcium. but they are quite hard to get out of the cage if they get smashed really small.

[turtlesrock677]

ok thanks! :D

[turtlesrock677]

and there is beginning to be like... white lines in between his shell plates! so is he getting shell rot?