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turtlegal_753
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Joined: 11 Dec 2006
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 Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:03 pm Post subject: alge problem |
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unfortunatly there is alge growin my poor turts tanks and was wonderin how to clean it off!! its on the little rocks, seashells, and dock.  |
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brownmc
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Joined: 03 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 12:51 am Post subject: |
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| If its really bad, I will pull out all the stuff with algae when I clean the tank (take the turtles out too) and wash it with warm/hot water and just use one of those green, rough scrubbing pads. It gets most of the algae off, enough to make me happy. I have been trying plecos to eat the algae, they work, but my turtle likes to eat them and I have gone through like 7 of them. |
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turtlegal_753
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Joined: 11 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 10:12 am Post subject: |
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lol ok thats what i did last night but im gonna scrubb the stuff tofay with this thing we got.  |
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turtle_grl77
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Joined: 18 Nov 2005
Posts: 985
Location: Florida
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| Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 11:35 am Post subject: |
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| If you have your tank near a window, you might want to move it. It will slow down the algea growth. |
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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: Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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whether it is near a window or not will not make much difference. the uva and the uvb lights used for turtle/reptile tanks, on top of the water makes it perfect breeding grounds for algea (a type of underwater plant) i get tonnes of algea and my blinds are always shut in my room. it is the lights, not the window.
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