Habitat - Indoor :: Filter questions

[yumikoinichi]

What do you mean by scutes overlapping? What causes it and how do i prevent it? Coz i just known yesterday that my mom could have given him more food than what he is supposed to get for the past 3 months while im away from home.

[steve]

Where they meet.... if they grew fast, they might overlap and that lets debris and water get trapped in there.

[yumikoinichi]

So how can i prevent that from happening? And what are the consequences of overlapping scutes? So i should cut down his food? Thank you

[steve]

You just have to keep an eye on it and make sure it stays clean. Make sure your turtle is not overfed, and is a regular basker.

[yumikoinichi]

Yea he basks quite a lot. Coz he watches the tv while basking.okay I will check all that thank you so much

[steve]

[NYstyle]

while we're on the subject of filtration, I have a Fluval 305 on a 40 breeder, mostly filled ~35gal. I plan on building a ATBA, and will have the tank filled, is the 305 sufficient? There's another 305 reasonably priced on Craigslist, and I was thinking about using both, if that's whats needed. thanks.

[steve]

It's would be on the small side, but yes you can use it.

[NYstyle]

If I was to pick up the other 305, would I just run the return of pump 1 into the intake of pump 2, then the final return into the pump, or is there more to it?

[Kansasslider]

I might be mistaken but I don't think you can run filters in line like that ? If you can I wouldn't recommend it. I would run them separately for better filtration.

[steve]

Yeah, I missed that last part. I'd just run one filter.

[NYstyle]

ok, thanks. for some reason, I thought i remembered seeing pictures on line of them operating that way..

[steve]

Maybe for certain kinds of pumps and returns, but I don't think I would tinker with an aquarium filter like that.