my pet store told me to take 20% of the water out of my tank each day and put 20% back in each day witch i have been doing i have ruffly 50 gallons of water in the tank.. my question is each time i exchange water i have been puting a tiney bit of water conditioner in with it but ive been estamating how much.. the bottle says one capfull is good fore 5-10 gallons and 20 prc of my water works out to be 4-5 liters.. 1 gallon so i realy have no way to meser how much water condish to put in I AM CONSERND I MIGHT BE PUTING TO MUCH IN IF SO WILL IT BE FATEL TO THE TURTLE.. when i say to much i dont mean im going over bord with the stuff but i want to be on the safe side.... how much would be to much and what are the effects
2007-03-14 17:50:17 · 6 answers · asked by brent f 2 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
First, I think you can cut back on the water changes just a bit. Your store might be getting rich on the amount of water conditioner they are trying to sell you! Your turtles should be happy, though, to live in such clean water! Most turtles do quite well, though if just 25% to 50% of their water is changed each WEEK! You don't say your turtle's species, but you can look it up in this link and see if they require something different. http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/
If you figure a gallon is just a little more than 4 liters (3.79), you should be able to estimate the amount of conditioner needed. If you change half the water each week, use 2 1/2 capfuls and enjoy the extra time during the week that you won't have to spend with water changes.
2007-03-14 18:12:21 · answer #1 · answered by copperhead 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are trying to sell you stuff.
If your water tastes OK to drink, you really don't need to condition it for a turtle. Turtles do not breathe water like a fish, or absorb it through their skin like a frog.
If you still use the stuff, go skimpy with it but don't worry about it a lot.
You also do not need to change that much water every day. What you need is a good filter rated about 3 times bigger than your tank (so a 50 gallon tank needs a 150 gallon filter), and then change about 1/4th of the water about once a week- mostly sucking it off the bottom to clean the gravel.
There are some great articles at http://www.austinsturtlepage.com on filtration and water quality.
2007-03-15 06:09:36 · answer #2 · answered by Madkins007 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water conditioner is not that critical. An estimate will work fine and will not hurt the turtles or even fish if too much is used. I have had turtles and now have tropical fish and when I do a partial water change, I just give the water conditioner bottle a good healthy squirt (10-20 cc.) in my 40 gallon aquarium. Actually, turtles are not nearly as sensitive as fish to the effects of chlorine, so too little or too much is not really a factor.
2007-03-14 18:14:58 · answer #3 · answered by hotsnakes2 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm like you... I hate the one that says, "1 teaspoon for 10 gallons" I normally add via a 1/2 gallon container.
Hard to estimate.
My solution? buy a different kind of water conditioner. the one I have now needs 'two drops per gallon' guess how easy it is to 'estimate' how much I need for my half gallon jug?
LOL
2007-03-14 18:07:55 · answer #4 · answered by howtoms 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You should be pretty safe, you do need to condition the new water so you are doing the right thing, and if you are going according to the directions on your bottle of conditioner you should be fine.
2007-03-14 17:56:54 · answer #5 · answered by thestreak 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it sounds fine just not to much once it is in the tank it mixes with the other water your turtle should be fine
2007-03-15 08:56:29 · answer #6 · answered by devin s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋