I have 3 baby red ear slider turtles. Is there anything that i could use to clean the bottom of my tank? I don't have any gravel, just a regular bottom
2007-08-07 06:01:34 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Reptiles
You should be able to get a siphon vac cleaner at any pet shop, or even the pet section of a large dept. store.
An example of a cleaner from petCo's website would be:
http://www.petco.com/product/2406/Marineland-Siphon-Kleen.aspx or
http://www.petco.com/product/102258/JBJ-Instant-Siphon-Gravel-Cleaner.aspx
Here is a good article on carying for baby turtles also: http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/Articles/newhatchling.htm
2007-08-07 06:13:03 · answer #1 · answered by Madkins007 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IMO you should get some gravel for the bottom of the tank. Some of that stuff that is sitting at the bottom of the tank is GOOD for your turtles. You want to keep some of the algae after cleaning that is one of the reasons people use gravel to hide it... and to help keep there nails in better shape. Plus it gives them something to dig in, they like that. The tank vacume with gravel is all you need. It may look like more work but really is not.
2007-08-07 13:31:10 · answer #2 · answered by Sarah D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use the siphon with a wide end, the same type that is used for cleaning gravel. It will work great.
2007-08-07 21:26:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water changes, regular siphons, and filters
2007-08-07 14:10:43 · answer #4 · answered by TURANDOT 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-08-07 13:06:39 · answer #5 · answered by ~*cindy *~ 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋