Alright guys, building my new turtle setup. The tank is filled up about half way full, and I have a slight problem! My filter's hose that sucks up the water doesn't reach the water. Now I tried using what I have done in the past for these situations, and used a garden hose section and some waterproof tape, but it's still not sucking it up. I'm wondering if it's an issue of strength to pull the water up?
My options are the following:
Buy a larger filter (The filter atm is the appropriate size per gallons of tank.)
Fill up another couple gallons. (Would this be too much? It's got 14 gallons of water in it atm, in a 30 gal tank. She's a small stinkpot, 3 inches or so, and I don't want it to be too overwhelming, if that's possible? I read in the wild the live in 10 inches to 2 feet of water.)
Or find another method of extending it?
Any help would be great.
As I said it's a 30 gallon tank with a 30 Gallon filter. Water filled to roughly 15 gallons. Turtle is a female stinkpot, about 3 inches.
My options are the following:
Buy a larger filter (The filter atm is the appropriate size per gallons of tank.)
Fill up another couple gallons. (Would this be too much? It's got 14 gallons of water in it atm, in a 30 gal tank. She's a small stinkpot, 3 inches or so, and I don't want it to be too overwhelming, if that's possible? I read in the wild the live in 10 inches to 2 feet of water.)
Or find another method of extending it?
Any help would be great.
As I said it's a 30 gallon tank with a 30 Gallon filter. Water filled to roughly 15 gallons. Turtle is a female stinkpot, about 3 inches.