General Care Discussion :: should i brush my turtles shell?

[Matthew V.]

with a soft toothbrush to take of algae since the prev. owner never cleaned his tank he has alot of algae on him. i know not to use soap at all so you have that info.

and also anybody know how to cool the water cause it starts rising to 80 in the evenings but rarely gets to 80. and since summers coming i kinda wanna know.

so dave can have a good life.

[steve]

You can do it, but you need to do so carefully because he might scratch and claw while being handled.