Filtration advice

[MafiaAlCapone]

So my friend got two snapping turtle hatchlings,and they are the most adorable thing in the planet.
He sent me this pick of his enclosure,and i realized that he does not have a filter nor a heater.Maybe he does not have a heater due to his house being warm,but shouldn't he have a filter?I asked him why he didn't have one and he says he didn't need it.

 

[TheTattooedTortoise]

I know nothing about keeping turtles at all... but I do keep fish, and without filtration, or a current it wont take long to go stagnant, smelly and grow algae in there.

I don't know why your friend has put those circular filter stones loose in there... theyre designed to be sat inside a 3 part pond filter with a pump that fires the water through 3 grades of filter then finally a coarse sponge to remove contaminants and then filter back into the tank.

 

[ZEROPILOT]

Snapping turtles produce a TON of waste.
You'll either need to filter/cycle the water or be very diligent about cleaning the tank and replacing the water regularly.
They'll soon be swimming in pure ammonia.

 

[MafiaAlCapone]

I know nothing about keeping turtles at all... but I do keep fish, and without filtration, or a current it wont take long to go stagnant, smelly and grow algae in there.

I don't know why your friend has put those circular filter stones loose in there... theyre designed to be sat inside a 3 part pond filter with a pump that fires the water through 3 grades of filter then finally a coarse sponge to remove contaminants and then filter back into the tank.

thanks for the reply,i'll tell him that

 

[Yvonne G]

And a light!

 

[ZEROPILOT]

And a light!

Oh yes.
One for heat and one for UVB light.

 

[Tom]

So my friend got two snapping turtle hatchlings,and they are the most adorable thing in the planet.
He sent me this pick of his enclosure,and i realized that he does not have a filter nor a heater.Maybe he does not have a heater due to his house being warm,but shouldn't he have a filter?I asked him why he didn't have one and he says he didn't need it.

What species are we talking about? The upper one doesn't look like what we call a snapping turtle here in the US. The lower right one might be, but I can't see in the picture even when I zoom in. I'd separate them before one separates the other.

Definitely need a basking lamp, but many people keep turtles with no filter. They make so much waste that most filters can't keep up. Most turtles keepers I know opt to do large frequent water changes to keep the water clean and waste load down.