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Freshwater 10 gal tank witch has my baby snapping turtle and 2 minnows i have all of a sudden a infestation of copepods n the tank r they harmfull to my turtle and fish how you get rid of em?
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∙ 14y ago
I would hazzard a guess that you are doing lots of things wrong. Fish should not be kept with Turtles. Turtles poison the water. Turtles should be kept in a Vivarium/ Terrarium that is set up properly for them. For copepods to be present they must have been introduced which indicates a lack of quarantine and other normal precautions of cleanliness. If you wish to keep fish you should abide by the basic rules for successfull fishkeeping which are (:- 1 inch of fish must have at least 1 gallon of water. :- Every tank must have a permanently running 'cycled' filter. :- Every tank must have at least 50% of its water replaced every week.) The only way to get rid of the copepod invaders is to strip down the tank, and start again from scratch but this time do it right and separate the different species into different containers.
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