Posted: Sun Feb 25, 2018 8:21 pm Re: Algae Control
I have to first admit I've read only about 1/4th of this thread, but what I have seen am I correct that algae do not present a danger to the turtles? Honestly, as long as it doesn't effect water quality negatively and viewing pleasure, I'm likely to let it just do it's thing. Especially their submerged resting areas, it would seem a little algae would make the surface more slick and easy to glide on and off.
I've recently moved my tank to a location that provides a ton of indirect sunlight (only about 30-45 minutes early morning direct) and I'm getting algae on the sun facing side, not on the glass but on surfaces they can more easily adapt to. Absent any of you chiming up and telling me I'm in for trouble, I'll let it go a few months and see how it behaves. I figure worse comes to worse I'll scrape, clean, replace as needed, but until then, no harm no foul, right?