Habitat - Indoor :: Bamboo plant in tank

[LStantial]

Well a lot of people including me grow dracaena sanderiana (lucky bamboo) in their aquariums. I have to say that some of my specimens have grown considerably and they look quite healthy. I know about the toxins and stuff but somewhere I read that reptiles such as res have hight tolerance towards the elements contained and realeased by lucky bamboos, while a mammalian might instead be harmed quite seriously i.e. a cat chewing on them.
I'm not sure about all this though.

Btw I don't know how you guys manage without live plants sucking up Nitrates from your tanks. I have quite a lot of them but I still get something like NO3=50 or more when i test the water. I sometimes have to use a chemical conditioner in order to keep them in check, otherwise all my fish would die. :/

I don't know much about bamboo or its toxicity level to turtles but I just wanted to put it out their that it might not be that it's less toxic to them it might just be because it doesn't affect them as quickly as it affects mammals. Turtles, and other reptiles, have a very slow metabolism as so if they eat somthing or are exposed to something poisonous to them it might not affect or kill them for up to a year after the initial exposure. Again, I don't know much about bamboo and it might just be that turtles are less affected by it, but I just wanted to put that out there just in case.

[devilduck]

If your just using these for looks or a nitrate remover you can just plant the bamboo in a plastic bin with holes in it inside the tank. That way it is protected from being nibbled on. Or else you can try growing an aquatic plant in your tank that is safe for the turtle to nibble on.

Or else you can do what this guy did:

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Reading this forum post (http://www.turtleforum.com/forum/upload ... pic=128993) scared me a bit since someone claims that their turtle died from eating this.

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Reading this forum post (http://www.turtleforum.com/forum/upload ... pic=128993) scared me a bit since someone claims that their turtle died from eating this.

There is absolutely no evidence that his turtle died from eating the lucky bamboo. Matter a fact it was a recently purchased baby turtle which means there could have been many other issues leading to its death.