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BAM Himself JB

NOOOOOOOOOOO

i didn't clean my new tank good enough and their was salt o ther ocks and i put the rocks on the tank and the water was cloudy for like 3 hours and I couldn't figure otu why finally I thought of hte salt and got the turtles in a tub of fresh water and cleaned out the whole tank and cleaned it and filled it up with water and now tis clean but all the feeder fish I bought today are slowly dying.

Are the turtles nex?? Sad

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BAM Himself JB · Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 10:09 pm Post subject:

Ok to update;

I got 70 gallon of warm water in the tank, two heaters runing bringing it up to about 75-78 degrees.

The feeder fish are dying because the cholorine from the tap water is burning their gills (thanks to the local pet store owner) so I think the turtle should be fine.

Does anybody know if turtels can stay in a High PH habitatt?

I got these awesome Rocks.. someone let me kow
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BAM Himself JB · Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 12:58 am Post subject:

They Seem to be doing fine..........
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dixieee · Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 10:10 am Post subject:

i hope they'll be fine. too much salt isn't good for turtles at all but i guess a bit won't affect cz my vet told me to put some salt in their water. hope they'll be ok..keep us posted
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STRAYKINGFISHER · Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 12:42 pm Post subject:

Some salt is good for them, but I wouldn't keep the salt water all the time, I have read that some turtles will live in brackish water, which I read meant that it had salt content to it, so I am sure the turtles will be just fine, their eyes might sting for a while though. Very Happy

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EarthVsJazz · Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 1:55 pm Post subject:

If you absoulutly have to have the rocks, why don't you try boiling them in water to get some of the salt off. And there's always my favorite toy, the pressure washer. If not they might look neat but they also might have so much salt build up that nothing you do will work. Silly question but you are using water conditioner right ?......

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