the filter in my new tank is a great deal better than the one i had in the first tank. but i still clean obsessively. every night i grab a turkey baster and ''vacuum" the bottom of the tank.
i got a marineland penguin 350 biowheel filter. it's an outside filter, so it takes up less space. there was a deal at the petstore, if i got the filter i get half off the tank, so that's why i went for that one, though i would prefer something else. the turts like the waterfall, though, and it doesn't take up a whole lot of space. i have to cover the top b/c of the high water level, but honestly that wasn't a change. i have 50 gallons in the tank now, and that filter is good for up to 70 gallons, the current doesn't seem to be as much of a problem as i expected.
so verbose i am! very sorry. another thing i've been told repeatedly, it's best to get a filter that's rated above the gallonage you've got. turtles are much messier than fish =Þ
