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orville_my_baby_turtle
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Joined: 18 Dec 2006
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Location: New Jersey
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 Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 10:07 am Post subject: Cleaning the Tank |
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| Hi everybody! I was just wondering what you use to clean your tank out. I want to disinfect mine, but I don't want to use anything that will harm my turtle. |
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Fred_and_George
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Joined: 20 Sep 2006
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Location: Kingston, Ontario Canada
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| Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 5:51 pm Post subject: |
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You can use bleach, it wont hurt them. what you do is use a tablespoon of bleach per one gallon of water. wipe the tank down, get any crud out, etc. then rinse the tank (wipe down thouroughly!) with clean water and a different sponge/rag etc. rinse it really well. then you can put everything back in. you can use the bleach solution on most of the turtles things, including rocks and plastic plants, but you really need to make sure that they are rinsed well.
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dixieee
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Joined: 14 Sep 2004
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Location: The Lost Desert
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| Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 6:14 pm Post subject: |
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i use salt or vinegar, scrub, and rinse well..prefer natural stuff over chemicals
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orville_my_baby_turtle
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Location: New Jersey
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| Posted: Sun Jan 21, 2007 7:33 pm Post subject: |
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| Ok thanks! |
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Fred_and_George
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Location: Kingston, Ontario Canada
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| Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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| dixieee wrote: | | i use salt or vinegar, scrub, and rinse well..prefer natural stuff over chemicals |
i agree with not using chemicals, but will salt or vinigar disinfect the tank?
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dixieee
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| Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 6:01 pm Post subject: |
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I believe they do  lol
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orville_my_baby_turtle
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Location: New Jersey
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| Posted: Wed Jan 24, 2007 7:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Somebody else told me that vinegar works too. |
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Monster&Scootch
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Joined: 07 Feb 2007
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Location: Chicago
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| Posted: Wed Feb 07, 2007 11:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Fred_and_George wrote: | | You can use bleach, it wont hurt them. what you do is use a tablespoon of bleach per one gallon of water. wipe the tank down, get any crud out, etc. then rinse the tank (wipe down thouroughly!) with clean water and a different sponge/rag etc. rinse it really well. then you can put everything back in. you can use the bleach solution on most of the turtles things, including rocks and plastic plants, but you really need to make sure that they are rinsed well. |
Yea make sure the turtle is out of the tank before you do this.
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