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Post Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 6:45 pm   algae control

What is a good product to keep control of algae.My turtles have a hot tub shell as there home and the fiberglass gets green pretty quick here in Florida
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Post Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:08 pm   Re: algae control

I would like to see a pic of that. Get some Chinese Algae Eaters or even just throw some Anacharis in there, which blocks Algae growth.
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Post Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 8:27 pm   Re: algae control

I have algae eaters in there now and they are about a foot long. I will post some soon
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Post Posted: Mon Apr 04, 2011 10:48 pm   Re: algae control

Is this shell kept outside?
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Post Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:27 am   Re: algae control

Snails also help.
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Post Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 1:29 pm   Re: algae control

yes the shell is outside and I have both snails and algae eaters.I am not sure how to put pics on here.I have a album on photobucket but according to the instructions above it wont let me paste the IMG so I can copy it to here
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Post Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 6:59 pm   Re: algae control

Ya, just copy the IMG code
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Post Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:47 pm   Re: algae control

what do you mean by img code
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Post Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 9:15 pm   Re: algae control

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Post Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 6:57 pm   heres some pics

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Post Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 7:27 pm   Re: algae control

Well the Algae is probably from the overexposure to sun.

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How deep is that water.

They all look very healthy.
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Post Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 9:07 pm   Re: algae control

the water is only about 10inches in the deepest.I am getting ready tomorrow to take the turtles out and clean it as good as I can and reseal it and level it a little more so I can go a little deeper
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Post Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 3:32 am   Re: algae control

Lotta big turtles there, looks cool. Have you ever had any fighting? How big is the tub?
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Post Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 12:05 pm   Re: algae control

no fighting as of yet.I bought these turtles as babies and now they are around 4-5 yrs old.The tub is around 7ft x 6ft and about 10inches deep in the deepest part
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Post Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2011 11:30 pm   Re: algae control

That's pretty cool.
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