Cough, in order to facilitate the care of the environment, there are not a few turtle friends who are directly raised in a pure naked tank, not that this is not good, it would be better if you could have some tools for fish and shrimp. Maybe the reason why the appearance of most tool fish and shrimp is too low is not pleasing to people, but people are honest people who really work, and they have been watching for a long time, which can be said to be in love for a long time, and slowly it will be pleasing to the eye.
I have to mention the oil film on the water surface. Are there many bloggers saying that the degreasing film does not have to have an degreasing film, as long as the water surface can flow or is not so calm, the degreasing film can be removed, but according to my actual breeding experience, this is not the case. For example, I recommend that when you raise baby turtle seedlings safely, the more recommended filtration is the water fairy, which can not only give the turtle a place to step on, but also destroy the oil film on the water surface. Note that it is destruction, not removal. It is true that there is a layer of oil floating on the surface of the water, but oil is oil, insoluble in water, and from other lights or angles, there will still be an oil film on the water surface, but it is more scattered and not so dense as a whole.
But when your turtle tank is set up with a tool fish with a degreasing film, then you don't have to worry about this problem at all, for example, I highly recommend that you raise at least a few medaka fish, the appearance is really not as ugly as you imagined, and the hair color is also very beautiful. The key is that the efficiency of the degreasing film is very high. Of course, many turtle friends say, will the fish be eaten by the turtle, isn't that right, the fish is not like the turtle food will only let the turtle eat, it will swim, the turtle needs to be caught, so it doesn't exercise the amount of exercise of the turtle?
Besides, turtles should be fed turtle food, but fish farming really does not need to buy fish food to feed, one is that most of the fish food particles are very small, and the fish cannot eat cleanly, how will it inevitably affect the water quality, and it is an expense to buy fish food. So I suggest that you don't need to feed with fish food, just use turtle food. One or two more than the usual amount of feeding the turtle will do. The fish are not as clumsy as imagined, the reaction is quite fast, as soon as they are thrown in, the fish are the first to react, and immediately start eating, of course, due to the size of the body, they can not suck the turtle food in their mouths entirely, they can only suck the turtle food debris that bubbles down, which purifies the water quality.
Algae removal is also an inevitable problem to be solved. Personally, I hate algae removal very much, although the algae add a lot of natural style to the tank, but I prefer the turtle's body is refreshing, if the turtle's back carapace grows a little algae, as long as the time is not long, it is relatively easy to clean up, if it is the neck, head, limbs, etc. Therefore, the algae removal work should be more grasped in normal times, and try not to let it grow and then remove it, it will be very late.
Black shell shrimp can be said to be a must-have algae removal tool shrimp. The size is not large, and it will not hurt the turtle, but it is recommended that there must be a special fish and shrimp shelter in the environment, otherwise, it is really difficult to escape the turtle's bloody mouth at their speed. The efficiency of algae removal is okay, and it basically depends on the number to attack the city, and the number is too small, and to be honest, the effect is not obvious. If there is a great demand for ornamental appearance, it is recommended to replace the ordinary black shell shrimp with cherry blossom shrimp, polar fire shrimp and other varieties, and of course, there are more ornamental varieties, which will definitely meet your various needs.
The fish I recommend the most is the elves, but the elves were sold out some time ago, and the price has risen all the way. However, it does deserve the high price tag, and I used it very well. Very diligent algae removal fish indeed. But be careful, don't buy it into a tiger elf, it's not a breed, although the price is cheaper, but the effect is not as good as the elf.
Of course, there are also special sand fish, I have raised, the first to recommend the flower loach, the appearance is not stretched, really able to work, my bottom sand is sparse with farming one by one. Therefore, if you have many requirements for the mentioned algae removal, oil film removal, increasing the amount of turtle movement, water purification, etc., you can consider adding these tool fish when the infrastructure is perfect, after all, this also saves the turtle from being bored there alone.