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But a good canister filter is a must for a turtle Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Spend the money on a good canister filter, i have a res turtle in a 120g tank with a home made turtle dock on top of the tank running a fluval fx6 filter, it keeps the water crystal clear, spent about $285 brand new. I had a zoo med 501, spent $100 on it and it was garbage. I had it in a 40g...

will having live plants in my tank help keep my ammonia levels down? if so which plants are best for that?

thats the level i got also, but then again, i turned everything off in the room and before i put my phone up to the filter it was giving me that reading already, only when i spoke the levels went up

before my problem it was kinda loud, heard alot of water swishing around in the filter, now i have to put my ear close to it to hear it, its a rather big difference

thank everyone, i had to actually take it apart twice, second time doing it and it now works and is even more quiet then before, makes me think its not even on lol, but i did notice it seems like the intake isnt as strong, output seems fine

my fx6 all of a sudden started making a loud buzzing noise, sounds like its coming from the pump, ive had my filter for about 2 months now and it was fine until about an hour ago, i want to take off the pump and possible clean out the impeller. will i have to drain the water from the filter to...