General Care Discussion :: RES is scared

Taking care of your turtle's overall health.

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Post Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 4:20 pm   

Submersible filters take away swimming room. I'd rather have more water and deal with a little noise.
With such small turts, you could fill the water up to within 2 or 3 inches of the top.
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Post Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 7:09 pm   

I would be careful about filling the water way up even for small turtles. I recently lost one, and the water was lower than 2-3 inches...
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Post Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 7:32 pm   

Do you know how it got out?
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Post Posted: Tue Apr 11, 2006 7:39 pm   

I can only assume it found a way to climb out. It was extremely small, though, so I am at a loss to explain how...
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Post Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:46 am   

When it got out it died? If it did how did it die.
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Post Posted: Wed Apr 19, 2006 1:33 am   

the water fall sound puts me to sleep. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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