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Yup I actually love sand in my turtle tank. But then again I spend a couple of hours cleaning it and a couple more admiring it! Haven't had an algae outbreak in 2yrs?! :love:

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Pignosed. I love the way these guys bury :love: Okay Musk or mud turtle?

RED EARED SLIDER! Itd b cool if we had a greater range of turtles in NZ some that I see on another forum are A-MAZING Man or wild?

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what is this?! Mac Rubiks cube or rubiks 360?

Genuine Ferrari or laborghini?

Yeah I dont think he was planning on breeding them. Just sticking them in a bare tank till they sold I think?

Haha ask my mate on how to breed. I think his/his family's name on here is Colin. He's told me he's bred some bronze cories. Haha he was so funny bout it "I couldn't even sell the first 6 adults... Now I have hundreds!"

Nessie explosion or implosion

Yup they still dropping like flies not very impressed

Gag another 2 have died... No other physical markings apart from slightly redish gills any suggestions? I did a 30% water change this morning. Any suggestions appreciated.

What sneeze tsunami? Umm ok "cough"

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I have a 200L tank for my turtle ATM. He is like 12cm long. I have 700L of filtration. I do Possibly 20% 2x a week. When I siphon I syphon out the gunk. Water is crystal clear no algae ammonia 0ppm nitrites 0ppm nitrates <5ppm. I also believe you don't need to do 100% every single week. Maybe only if I go away for 1 month on holiday I will do a 90%+ . I know lots of people that have turtles and none of them do 100%. And if all of the water suddenly changes temp the bacteria will die.

Thanks. The one with one eye has died. So I think i will stick with just 6 zebras. Will Tru track down some bbs. Or if I can find my container :-?

100% water changes. Providing you have enough filtration and enough tank room you will only need to do 20% weekly once the tank has cycled.

Today I got some more zebra danios. I have noticed they have red gills. So I did a little research and found it could be nitrite poisoning. I do not have any kits to test anymore. Plus the LFS is useless. Any other cures I've heard of salt baths? Maybe this will help. I've added media from my cycled 200L tank so it should be cycled in my head :facepalm: any suggestions. Oh and I'm going to breed them A few more qs 1) can they breed at 1yr old? 2) one is blind like one eye is gone. Is it ok? 3) what is a good conditioning food? I don't want to go blow more cash on bbs as their pretty expensive. Can I feed them microworms? Thanks!!!

1) just for 1 yr? What are you going to do with it after that. It'll Probally grow to 5cm in your first year so I'd say 100L to make it happy. 2) fish.. Krill hot house turtle food and the turtle pellets oh and plants 3) mines normally around 25C but for a baby I'd say 28C 4) yup you need a UVB bulb and a basking area so it can dry out. 5) well normally 2x the size of the tank. But mine has x3 and is much cleaner. Feel free to ask anymore questions. Happy to help!

Yeah I saw that too. But it sounds like he breeds them. Bit too dear for me to buy though

Cadbury Egg or chicken?

Yup google how to cycle an aquarium. Took me 1 month to cycle mine. My tanks been St up for 4 years now. Apart from a few algae outbreaks while I'm on holiday. Basically bacteria in the filter turns ammonia NH4 to nitrites NO2? to nitrates NO3. Nitrates is a less toxic form of waste. Ammonia basically is fish waste . Then you just do frequent water changes to keep nitrte levels down. The cloudiness is always there when you first cycle a tank. Good Luck!

Yeah he said it was half of the full size... It was 20' long

Yup seconded. Used to find parts of these all the time when I was little.

Hi how long has the tank been set up? And has it been cycled? Is it just cloudy water?