Habitat - Indoor :: Hagen Turtle Bio-Clean Equivalent?

[chanel no. 13]

Hello,

I am in search of a product that is equivalent to Hagen Turtle Clean Bio-Care. If you have a recommendation for an organic waste removal product that is just as effective or better, please share. Thank you!

Happy New Year!

[steve]

I don't recall an alternative, though there probably is at least one. However, most of us don't recommend using such a product. Is there a reason you don't want to use Turtle Clean?

[chanel no. 13]

The stores that we usually frequent or order from (Petco, PetSmart, Big Al's) have discontinued carrying the product. Ordering it from other sites is becoming quite expensive.

Why is this product not recommended? (Just a guess -- could the reason/s correlate with why those big stores don't carry the product any more?). Perhaps, we will reconsider discontinuing use, too, then...

Thanks!

[steve]

I haven't been on the other turtle sites lately, so I have no idea if it has been determined to be harmful. Looking at drsfostersmith.com, it looks like it's called Nutrafin Turtle Clean.

One person thought that it would breakdown food that was still in a turtle's gut, though that was very speculative but certainly possible. I just generally avoid adding chemicals or bio material into the tank.