Habitat - Indoor :: What to do about hard/mineral filled water???

[Rubicon]

Ya after only a few days my turtles shells are turning white. The stuff comes off fairly easy but I know if I let it build up over a few days it would be a bear. I can't clean my turts shells daily. What should I do???

[Rosepruner]

you could use a filter, like "PuR" or "Britta" water filters for the water, and that should remove any unwanted mineral deposits in your water. I know, I have the same problem. A water softener is too expensive for most people, but a filter is fairly cheap. You can use an add on to your faucet that will let you swich from filter to non filtered water, and those are relatively cheap.

[trudykurz]

If you don't have a chlorine/nitrate issue you could use a water conditioner such as Novaqua

[Chrisbarnett]

Yea I was gonna suggest a water softener.

[mike hill]

Your choices are water softner, RO water or distilled water. Evendently you have a lot of disolved solids in your water and the choices are listed above. I use distilled water and RO water and it helps a lot. m.

[MissMandy]

What is RO water?

[Chrisbarnett]

Reverse Osmosis.

[Rubicon]

We've got one of those RO things in the basement and the tiny faucet by the sink. Problem is it would take years to fill the tank with that little thing.