Would this be ideal to clean a 15 gallon turtle tank? It's really a burden scooping the water with a cup then refilling with a pale.
846318
I think it works great for siphoning water from the tank. I highly recommend it. I don't have a fish tank any more, but I used mine a lot when I did.
846319
Yes, this pump would be an excellent choice for your turtle tank. You just squeeze the blue part a few times fast and the water will come then start coming out real quickly. Hope this helps!
846320
It would work good I think. It gives you good control and would certainly be faster than scooping. It is good at sucking the yuk out of the water.
846321
Yes! In fact, that's what I bought it for. :) It did a splendid job in getting everything in my turtles 29 gallon tank, it even cut the time in half that it would take with an ordinary aquarium siphon.
846322
I use to have Tanks from 5 gallons to 55 gallons mostly fish but one of the larger tanks I had a red eared turtle. If I still had those tanks, yes I think this would be Ideal to clean them also.
1477132
Depending on the size of your tank, that shouldn't be a problem. When I first got this one, I kept my original filter in with this one and it was probably the cleanest I've ever seen my tank. My tank is a smaller tank (10G) and they still had plenty of room to swim... I have two 3.5 inch turtles.
2193563
I wouldn't recommend this for that size tank. Unfortunately I couldn't get mine to work, the tank would have to be at least 30 gallons to use it correctly
1687610
This tank is not really suitable for any type of turtle. It's only 3.5 inches deep therefore holding less than 5 gallons of water. I'd recommend a good size aquarium.
1235544
I would definitely run with media. I used bagged media that could easily be cleaned once or twice and it worked great....but I did run into the stinky water issue once my turtle reached that size I considered my 50gal tank too small.
1425593
For Fresh water fish it works great and takes about 30 days before you would need to clean...also I would recommend that you add carbon filter into this canister as there is room in there as long as you remove one of the pads. : )
703430
No, it is too large and needs to be fully immersed in water..go to google and key in heater for turtle tank...u should get an answer.
1638969
It works really well for my little turtle. I'm not sure what kind he is but he is about the size of my hand. I got him in a 15-20 gallon fish tank with about 4-5 inches of water roughly and the filter works good.
1618201
Casey is correct....this is way to small. It will be okay temporarily, but you will have to get a bigger tank and a better filtration system. It's cheaper/better to just start out with a bigger tank. Even the 15g-20g suggestion will be too small at some point. Here's a link to a really good care sheet: http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/Care/housing.htmAt one point I had 7 turtles and they are great animals, but they do require a lot of work that pet stores don't tell you.
1043944
This is not a good tank for turtles lol. it has an opening door and the wasted space! Zoo med makes awesome products for turtles though. You want somthing like a regular 10 gallon tank. that you can pimp out with turtle stuff.
901925
I would personally try it out. My only concern would be it getting into the filter itself because the lid doesn't latch but that would be the most minor nuisance. You certainly wouldn't go through filter media as quickly as with a turtle! I woulld say go for it, just keep an eye out to make sure they aren't showing any signs of distress or aggitation. It should be fine.
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I would always go larger than what I need. I have a 55 gallon with big oscars and I bought the xpl rated for 175 gallons. A bigger filter allows more water fitter action per minute and turtles are pretty dirty. My son has 4 turtles in a 45 gallon with a filtration platform plus a xp filter 4.
448597
No. It takes up half of my 39 gallon (tall) tank. It is beautiful but for a 10 gallon tank I would suggest a zoo med small size turtle dock.
81298
Hi, Because turtles are messy you want to establish as much nitrifying bacteria growth as quickly as possible. Bottom layer eheim Ehfi - middle basket Eheim Mech - top eheim substrate Pro Sintered glass spheres. ( regarding the top basket only make sure you put whatever media you chose in media bags) eheim media is superb I've used it for 35 years. It rarely needs replacing. If your tank has enough water depth I would add a powerhead or wave maker - the powerhead will add current to the water to loosen and free up debris and waste so the filter becomes more efficient and the water much cleaner. Marineland and Aqueon have excellent units at a great price. The Marineland pro 1200 is a best bet I have a few of them and they work like a charm. Amazon sells the 1200 for around $25 - list price is $89 so it's a steal. Hope this helps! Peter
746107
Sure but might be overkill for a few turtles. I would say that if it is a large tank with a lot of turtles it would do really well. However if it is a smaller tank with just a few you are pushing a lot of water without cause......
1523544
They recommend hot water, however, I have left it in before and it still cleans very well. The water would be cold of course but it is a spot cleaner so there is no way you can use up the tank every time and to me it was a huge waste of money to dump it. Good for them though because it would mean selling a ton of cleaning solution.
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It does a great job of picking up waste, returns the water to the aquarium & will leave gravel just buy staying above it. Hope this helps!