Sorry, I guess this goes in the reptiles and amphibians forum?

How about a hagen 201 powerhead with the filter attachment? Are you feeding him messy foods? Does he finish everything? Turtles are very messy and will eat till they explode.

His food is pretty messy. I have a bowl for him above water and I keep it very moist for him. He doesn't like to head out of the water so I figure he'll come out if he's hungry and this'll prevent over eating.

Most water turtles eat their food under water. I used to feed repto-min sticks. Its a dry food and not messy. Fresh scallops is messy but turtles love it. Actually turtles eat just about anything from chopped meat to lettuce. They also grow fast and destroy most decorations. When larger there really more suited to an outdoor pond.

I have two of the sliders and I just use a whisper from Walmart. I also feed the rept-min food and they are not messy for me.

Dina

The filter has stopped clogging for some reason. I'm not doing anything different.... So I'll keep it for now.

LLuvGinger: I rescue turtles and there are biological treatements (add living organisms which break down turtle waste) found at pet store... Also I use outside bio orb type filter and add hosing to end without usual tip so as to suck in water.... I make it long enough to reach bottom of tank and another underwater filter which circulates water enough so other filter with tubing can take it up.... more filtration and stronger filtration the better and again (found left over product) this one is called turtle clean - biological reduction of turtle waste by Nutrafin, but there are many tupes (replicates nature in breaking down waste, - natural organisms, and also then can be picked up by filtration easier) you can provide less agitation of water areas, with plants and rocks...

I do daily bottom cleaning with hose tubing ie partial water change, but basically scooping up the pxxp and left over food, right after feeding (and after pxxping which usually comes right after feeding)...then adding conditioned water to replace...

best Sherry

I have that stuff. It didn't say on the carton how much to use or how often, which I found really weird. How much and how often should I use it?