Page 1 of 1
Cuttle fish bone getting nasty
Posted:
Mon Jun 21, 2010 1:46 pmby Ranger The Red Ear Slider
I bought a cuttlefish bone for my RES and took off the backing and then put it inside his tank.
A few days later i saw that it had this white stuff on it i took it out and it smelled bad kind like pee it also was yellow in some spots.
I don't know why it got that way i have his filter running 24/7 and the water is clean
Posted:
Mon Jun 21, 2010 1:59 pmby Yashm_Zeytoon
That sometimes happen for me too. Although I have never smelled it. Mostly it happens when I know for sure I have to do some serious cleaning.
Posted:
Mon Jun 21, 2010 2:21 pmby Ranger The Red Ear Slider
Yeah i do have to clean it it's just my dad gets mad when i do clean it
Posted:
Mon Jun 21, 2010 2:31 pmby Yashm_Zeytoon
I think that the nature of cleaning RESs, everyone gets mad, its a hard job.
Posted:
Mon Jun 21, 2010 7:25 pmby Ranger The Red Ear Slider
Yeah lol they are messy
Posted:
Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:48 pmby BullDog
I just put a chunk in at a time, rather than the whole bone. That way, less goes to waste.
Posted:
Tue Jun 22, 2010 11:21 pmby Ranger The Red Ear Slider
Yeah i cut them into pieces when i take the backing off
Posted:
Thu Jun 24, 2010 12:56 pmby TurtleKeeper48
I'm with Bulldog - I feed a small piece at a time, and it doesn't last long (15 minutes) My belief about anything you feed to turtles is that if it is in the tank for an hour and the turtle hasn't eaten it yet - you are over feeding. Net it out and feed less next time.
As far as the odor of cuttle bone - I've found that while it does vary somewhat, in general, Cuttle Bone stinks at least a little bit brand new out of the package.