Water Treatment?

[old4x4]

Does anyone put a water treatment in their tort's water? I mean the kind that might go in an aquarium to keep bacterial growth down.
I fill Sherman's dish every day or 2, but there's still a slimy growth that develops on the bottom/sides that I'm not crazy about. I use "city" tap water.
Thanks.

 

[Angi]

No I do not. I shrub the dish with a tooth brush and use mostly distilled water.

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No I do not. I shrub the dish with a tooth brush and use mostly distilled water.

 

[tortoisenerd]

Nope (tape water). I wash the water and food dishes once a week with dish soap and a brush I use just for that. In between, if I see chunks of anything, I wash it too. I don't get slimy stuff.

 

[TortieLuver]

Same goes here. I give fresh water daily, wash the dishes and will let them dry all the way in the sun, and then fill with fresh water again.

 

[Madkins007]

The slime is not a big deal unless it changes color or starts to smell. In general, any water you can drink, the tortoise can as well.

 

[dmarcus]

No water treatment for me, every few days we just wash with dish soap, dry it and put it back into the enclosure. I have never had an issue with slime and it could be that we just clean the water bowl enough to avoid it from happening.

 

[Mao Senpai]

Haha, I had the same worries about that slime issue. Apparently its not a big deal. I have a few plant saucer things for the water dishes that I interchange out... I would switch out the dirty slimy one scrub it down clean with a little soap and let it air dry and put in a dried one and fill and switch them out again etc. I do however.... let the tap water sit out overnight since the water is so chlorinated...

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

We use regular drinking water.