What to do about moss in the turtle tank?

Question

We've cleaned the tank repeatedly. The moss is winning. What can we do?

Answer 1

What kind of turtle and setup? Moss or algae?

Moss (and to an extent, algae) indicates warmth, humidity, and poor air flow. It also needs spores to reproduce, so you have apparently not killed off the spores. Try heating/baking, or using bleach (about 1.5 cups of bleach to a gallon of water, let it stay in contact for about 10 minutes)) to really disinfect the stuff- spores are small and 'sticky', so make sure every square inch is treated.

Another issue to think about if it really is moss- a lot of people TRY to grow moss in tanks for things like Eastern Box Turtles- maybe this is a good thing!?

Answer 2

Is it moss or algea? either way, it needs heat and light to grow so reduing the amount of light will slow its growth (just don't reduce it to much the turtle needs it to), also a overabundance of nutrients will make it grow faster, so keeping the tank free of turtle poop will help, finally you can get chemicals from your pet store to help stop the growth, just be shure that the chemical is safe for your turtle.