I am so out of ideas!
Almost a week after my big sliders ammonia was gone, IT CAME BACK. With a vengeance. It smelled five times worse, looked five times worse, and was just WORSE!
And, thank you everyone, who helped me, I tried the Aqua-planting in hongonback filters, I had three, filled with watercress, water lettuces, I bought some duckweed, even, but it didn't even make a dent??? I tried 25-50% water changes, before SCREW IT, they moved back outside!
(BTW, that python siphon really did change my life )
AND I DON'T GET IT! They are in a SMALLER space outside than inside, with a TINY filter, no chemical treatments, no plants, nothing but water and a basking spot. And it's cleaner. CLEANER. It has been, I dunno, a couple weeks, and they are freaking crystal clear?? I don't understand!
What do I need to make them clean inside? I could hibernate them, but there is a chance my girls haven't layed all their eggs Because I know they come in clutches, and so far, there's only been one!
Do I just need to dig a big pond, fill it with water, and let them run the place? I have made a lifetime commitment to these turtles by adopting them, so I need to figure something out before all this ammonia eventually kills them, or this moving around stresses them to the point of death!
Almost a week after my big sliders ammonia was gone, IT CAME BACK. With a vengeance. It smelled five times worse, looked five times worse, and was just WORSE!
And, thank you everyone, who helped me, I tried the Aqua-planting in hongonback filters, I had three, filled with watercress, water lettuces, I bought some duckweed, even, but it didn't even make a dent??? I tried 25-50% water changes, before SCREW IT, they moved back outside!
(BTW, that python siphon really did change my life )
AND I DON'T GET IT! They are in a SMALLER space outside than inside, with a TINY filter, no chemical treatments, no plants, nothing but water and a basking spot. And it's cleaner. CLEANER. It has been, I dunno, a couple weeks, and they are freaking crystal clear?? I don't understand!
What do I need to make them clean inside? I could hibernate them, but there is a chance my girls haven't layed all their eggs Because I know they come in clutches, and so far, there's only been one!
Do I just need to dig a big pond, fill it with water, and let them run the place? I have made a lifetime commitment to these turtles by adopting them, so I need to figure something out before all this ammonia eventually kills them, or this moving around stresses them to the point of death!