If my pump seems to be failing, how often should I change the water in my turtle tank?
It's a 20 gal aquarium only 1/2 full, only 1 resident: my Eastern mud.
It's a 20 gal aquarium only 1/2 full, only 1 resident: my Eastern mud.
Water changes...
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Well with fish aquariums its once a month with a good filter.
20 gallons is not that big and a turtle is usually pretty dirty, although my experience is with red ear sliders which is probably the dirtiest turtle.
If I had to guess without seeing how it's looking or the filter working, I would do at least once a month or twice a month if it gets really dirty.
20 gallons is not that big and a turtle is usually pretty dirty, although my experience is with red ear sliders which is probably the dirtiest turtle.
If I had to guess without seeing how it's looking or the filter working, I would do at least once a month or twice a month if it gets really dirty.
No idea how fast the water turns.
I feed her in the tank, but I use a little net to scoop out the fragments she leaves.
If I had NO pump at all, how often should I change the water? Or that that idea just nuts?
Not nuts. People do full water changes. My guess is maybe weekly if you fed in a separate container but that's just a guess.
Probably more work then needed.
@Anthony P might be able to give more accurate insight for your type of turtle.
I don't use any pumps or filters on hatchlings to 1 - 2 yr olds (depending on species size). I change the water out every 4 days, religiously.
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When you do tank maintenance, do you clean out the tubing- like with a really long, flexible brush or something?
I am saving up to try and get Jacques a 55 gallon tank, and I REALLY don't want to have to buy a new filter for this small tank when I may not be using it very long.
Maybe it's time for me to learn how to MAKE my own filter!!!! I'm not very good at all this DIY stuff, but am willing to learn.
Interesting! Jacques is about 2 and a half, and is about 3 inches long.
When you do tank maintenance, do you clean out the tubing- like with a really long, flexible brush or something?
I am saving up to try and get Jacques a 55 gallon tank, and I REALLY don't want to have to buy a new filter for this small tank when I may not be using it very long.
Maybe it's time for me to learn how to MAKE my own filter!!!! I'm not very good at all this DIY stuff, but am willing to learn.
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Only you can know the answer . Get a test kit for your water . Change as much as needed.
Well, much to my chagrin, once I changed all the water and rinsed the algae out of the bag of carbon in the filter, it's working much better! DOH!!!
Still only about half as strong as it originally ran, but a lot better than it was.
Still only about half as strong as it originally ran, but a lot better than it was.
