Hi everyone

[justinashouri]

I have adopted a fly water turtle and am setting up the tank this weekend.

I had 2 main questions:

How should i go about setting up the tank, what kind of water (is tap ok?0

also, is there a way for my to set my tank up to self sustaining to feed the waste from the aquatic habitat to plants outside the aquarium? Thanks so much!

Also, if u can give any additional advice for the ftr that would be greatly appreciated!

 

[pops]

I know nothing about turtles, but welcome to the site i am sure some one here does.

 

[hooliganATV]

Hi there,
From my limited knowledge of turtles ( have kept snappers and a few other common ones) water isn't a major issue. They don't require types as much as fish so harness and such like isn't such a big issue. I would use airiated water ( let it sit for 24hrs and dechlorinate it)

In terms of waste there are a few options. I used guppy and molly's with my snappers, they were to small to get eaten and would happily eat the turtle pop and dead skin on the shell etc then a bottom drain is best to get any large bits out ( I used preformed ponds with a tap and pipe fitted.
Other option is a aquaponics set up. Filters on turtle tanks need to handle the large waste, much like a croc tank rather than a fish tank

Hope this helps a bit

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