gingamann
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Long time lurker first time poster. I have created a very large palladium for my 2 tortoise hatchlings. I've had them for just over a year. 1 is a leopard tortoise and the other is a hermanns tortoise. They have lived together in a rather large environment sharing a food bowl and water bowl for the last year. They get along well.
I have recently expanded their environment and created a larger (more surface area) water section that is filtered and has a few guppies to help with the clean up.
I would like to introduce tubifex worms into the aquarium portion of the environment. Since the tortoises mainly just poop in there and the water portion is limited to maybe 2 gallons, I think they will do a good job of keeping the ammonia levels down. Between filter cleanings.
Does anyone here have any experience introducing things like brine shrimp or tubifex worms into a live environment in order to maintain a somewhat self sustaining healthy water environment. And most importantly will they have an adverse effect on the tortoises when they go into it?
To be clear, the bottom of the water portion has large rocks on the bottom, a mix of lava rock and generic rocks covering the entirety of it so they can easily walk in and out of it & also to allow for better water flow to and from the filter. The worms would more or less be in the very bottom under the rocks.
Thank you for reading thru this .
Tldr: I would like to introduce something that actively eats that poop outside of the regular filter cleaning and water changes.
Any direction specifically with tubifex worms, brine shrimp and organisms like these that would help break down the poop but not pose a health risk to the tortoises.
I have recently expanded their environment and created a larger (more surface area) water section that is filtered and has a few guppies to help with the clean up.
I would like to introduce tubifex worms into the aquarium portion of the environment. Since the tortoises mainly just poop in there and the water portion is limited to maybe 2 gallons, I think they will do a good job of keeping the ammonia levels down. Between filter cleanings.
Does anyone here have any experience introducing things like brine shrimp or tubifex worms into a live environment in order to maintain a somewhat self sustaining healthy water environment. And most importantly will they have an adverse effect on the tortoises when they go into it?
To be clear, the bottom of the water portion has large rocks on the bottom, a mix of lava rock and generic rocks covering the entirety of it so they can easily walk in and out of it & also to allow for better water flow to and from the filter. The worms would more or less be in the very bottom under the rocks.
Thank you for reading thru this .
Tldr: I would like to introduce something that actively eats that poop outside of the regular filter cleaning and water changes.
Any direction specifically with tubifex worms, brine shrimp and organisms like these that would help break down the poop but not pose a health risk to the tortoises.
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