qt = Q T (Cutie)

We definitely need to just spell things out. Where I come from QT is a gas station with slushies.

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Tank cleaning time soon. Can you spot the turtle?

The turtle will eat frogs.

He won’t eat his frogs or fish yet. I’m trying though. He will eat his pellets and dried mealworms though.

This post was edited by MadMan87 on Oct 25 2022 10:36am

How often do you have to change the filters and clean the filter machines?

btw the tank looks great, nice and clean

He’s running 3x cheap 55 gallon filters with carbon inserts. The rule of thumb is you want double to triple filtration for a turtle cause they are messy. He’s in a 40 gallon that AT MAX I put at about 1/3rd full currently because of his small size and disability. So it has like 12-13 or so gallons in it when I first change it. He does however have other creatures in his tank so I kind of overkilled it on filtration but whatever lol.

As far as cleaning. The tank needs good bacteria to keep the water clean. So once a week I do a 25% water swap and swish all the debris off the filters in the old water so it keeps that good bacteria but isn’t all clogged up. I use sludge destroyer and water cleaner in every 2 gallon jug I make to transfer into the tank. The sludge remover helps breakdown feces and food debris the creatures miss which helps keep it clean. I do NOT user water shine chemicals. They are a terrible and lazy way to have “clear water”. Can be dangerous too.

Then every 6 months I do a full clean including filters. Pull it all out and scrub down everything as well as scrub his shell to help prevent shell rot. Since I have hard water here I scrub his shell about every two weeks anyways.


Hope this answered your question.

This post was edited by MadMan87 on Oct 25 2022 10:52am