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algae control

PostPosted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 6:45 pm
by mountaindew
What is a good product to keep control of algae.My turtles have a hot tub shell as there home and the fiberglass gets green pretty quick here in Florida

Re: algae control

PostPosted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:08 pm
by Linus
I would like to see a pic of that. Get some Chinese Algae Eaters or even just throw some Anacharis in there, which blocks Algae growth.

Re: algae control

PostPosted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:27 pm
by mountaindew
I have algae eaters in there now and they are about a foot long. I will post some soon

Re: algae control

PostPosted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:48 pm
by steve
Is this shell kept outside?

Re: algae control

PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:27 am
by Linus
Snails also help.

Re: algae control

PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:29 pm
by mountaindew
yes the shell is outside and I have both snails and algae eaters.I am not sure how to put pics on here.I have a album on photobucket but according to the instructions above it wont let me paste the IMG so I can copy it to here

Re: algae control

PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 6:59 pm
by Linus
Ya, just copy the IMG code

Re: algae control

PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:47 pm
by mountaindew
what do you mean by img code

Re: algae control

PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 9:15 pm
by Linus
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heres some pics

PostPosted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 6:57 pm
by mountaindew
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Re: algae control

PostPosted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 7:27 pm
by Linus
Well the Algae is probably from the overexposure to sun.

4 RES and 2 Cooters.

How deep is that water.

They all look very healthy.

Re: algae control

PostPosted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:07 pm
by mountaindew
the water is only about 10inches in the deepest.I am getting ready tomorrow to take the turtles out and clean it as good as I can and reseal it and level it a little more so I can go a little deeper

Re: algae control

PostPosted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 3:32 am
by richieboy
Lotta big turtles there, looks cool. Have you ever had any fighting? How big is the tub?

Re: algae control

PostPosted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 12:05 pm
by mountaindew
no fighting as of yet.I bought these turtles as babies and now they are around 4-5 yrs old.The tub is around 7ft x 6ft and about 10inches deep in the deepest part

Re: algae control

PostPosted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:30 pm
by richieboy
That's pretty cool.