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Hello all,
Please try to take the time to help me with my question. If I don't get an answer I'm afraid I'll harm my turtles(three baby snappers)

OK, I use exoterra aquatize water conditioner. As to remove chlorine, etc. And today I bought waste degarder. To help with keeping the filter clean, along with getting rid of unwanted organic waste(Aka, plant matter, turtle turd, etc...)

So, Every time I fill my 10gallon water jug, I drop 20drops of the aquatize in(to get rid of the bad stuff). Now when refilling my ten gallon jug, should I add 20drops of aquatize, and then another 20drops of waste degrader(20drops per US gal).

Therefore in all I'd have two different chemicals together in the water?

Tips, info, etc would be GREATLY appreciated,
Steven

I think that all of your problems could be alleviated by taking the waste degrader back for a refund, then improving your filtration and doing more water exchanges. Adding unnecessary chemicals to the animals water is not a good policy. Who knows what the long-term effects are? The bottom line is this, nobody professionally uses products like these because they are ineffective, unnecessary and does not correct the fundamental problem with the water, inadequate filtration.

Snapping turtles are notoriously messy animals. If you plan to keep these animals for the next 50 years, it would well be worth your effort to invest in the proper filtration they are going to need and to get into the frame of mind that chemicals should never replace something that can easily be done yourself without any chemicals.
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yeah the best solution is to get rid of the waste degrader and change the water more often. Everybody is always looking for shortcuts to cleaning with water turtles but the only real ways to keep them clean are to change the water and to have tremendous filtration (and still change the water).