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Turtle was overfed for three days

PostPosted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 9:26 pm
by BabyNemo
Hey guys, I recently went on vacation, and my brother took care of Nemo for me.
I came home to at least 15 soggy pellets floating in his water and half his food gone.
I scooped out the soggy food, but I'm sure he ate way too much while I was gone.
He's about 1.5 inches from head to tail.

What do I do, if anything?

Thank you.

Re: Turtle was overfed for three days

PostPosted: Mon Sep 01, 2014 11:43 pm
by ljapa
BabyNemo wrote:What do I do, if anything?


A water change. That uneaten food floating in the water probably added to the bioload on your filter.

Feed much less for the next couple of days.

I don't think that a few days of gorging are going to be particularly harmful. Not that it's good, but since it isn't a sustained over feeding, any negative effects are likely to be minimal.