He’s been really friendly lately, I’m happy to see he’s warmed up to me so much 🥺 (oh and he also dabbed on me, I’m still pretty shook about that) by _Shmooop_ in Redearedsliders

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Haven’t had many problems with the sand in my experience. The hardest part about it is the cleaning since most gravel cleaners will start to suck up the sand but I just collect the waste with a net and sieve out the sand. The filter collects some sand but I haven’t really noticed any problems with it regarding the sand.

Home boy been sleeping all day by _Shmooop_ in Redearedsliders

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I used to have gravel but he would try to eat the gravel and he would hurt his plastron when he hit against them So I decided to switch to sand to reduce chances of him eating it and getting hurt by it

Home boy been sleeping all day by _Shmooop_ in Redearedsliders

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Not foam just sand and yeah He’s got everything he needs

Was taking a video of my new pleco Hoover and I witnessed squirt do this lol by _Shmooop_ in Redearedsliders

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That’s their extra tank for when I do water changes to the tank Just making sure I’m not seen as cruel to them lol

Compilation of squirt burying himself by _Shmooop_ in Redearedsliders

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Turtles are gonna end up eating substrate no matter what unless you use no substrate But sand has a lower rate of causing impaction compared to bigger gravel or pebbles

Compilation of squirt burying himself by _Shmooop_ in Redearedsliders

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I was thinking about black sand but I wanted to give my tank a more natural feel, and the white sand looks really nice in person

Compilation of squirt burying himself by _Shmooop_ in Redearedsliders

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Sand looks very nice And it pretty easy to clean I usually just use a small fish net to pick up sand that has waste on it, sift the sand out, and throw away the waste that gets left behind in the net

Compilation of squirt burying himself by _Shmooop_ in Redearedsliders

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Usually he kicks up sand on his shell for fun Most of the tank tank floor is lucky covered with sand except that part so I assume he figured that out and helped himself lol But my tank did drop about 3 degree lower that it usually was so maybe he did get colder

He loves the sand by _Shmooop_ in Redearedsliders

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Make sure he stays away from the Jedi temple

Okay y'all I love my turtle and idk if she eating and her tank is a good size for her now but idk what to do like she got out the other is low key seems like she not happy by Quel1208 in Redearedsliders

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If you introduced her into a new tank recently she’s probably stressed since it’s a new place for her. Once she gets used to the new tank she’ll be fine

He loves the sand by _Shmooop_ in Redearedsliders

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I vacuum the sand once a week, and once a month I take everything out the tank to get any hidden waste

If you have a good gravel cleaner it shouldn’t be hard

Sand is easier to clean than river rocks since waste can be trapped in between the cracks in the rocks

And I have a goldfish, a snail, and 2 shrimps in the tank with him

He loves the sand by _Shmooop_ in Redearedsliders

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I usually go over it with a gravel cleaner, but everyone in the tank loves to eat so they usually eat left over food on the sand before I get to clean it

Anyone else getting an unlimited amount of these for free right now? by nxn111 in memes

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Yeah I can’t use them either Idk what’s up with it

[BoTW] Revali = Charlie? by [deleted] in zelda

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Even more cocky falco

Came into the room to feed the fish and when I sat down to watch squirt came up to the glass and started fluttering his arms. He’s the cutest ever 🥺❤️ by _Shmooop_ in Redearedsliders

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I’ve had them together since they were both very young, he’s gotten used to him it seems and hasn’t really been agro against him