Musk turtle tank (with 3D background)
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Nice setup!
I'd recommend some danios. I use to keep them with my musk and mud turtles and they're fast, hardy and school together. Plus they bred in my tank.
I'd recommend some danios. I use to keep them with my musk and mud turtles and they're fast, hardy and school together. Plus they bred in my tank.
Plus one for danios. Also Rams and Gambusia are great and repopulate quickly so if a few disappear, it would not ruin the ecosystem.
Thanks for the comments, everyone. 
They are much appreciated. I put my 5" male convict in this setup today (the one in my avatar). So far, so good. They had a stand-off right away. The turtle looked curious but a little afraid, and my convict stood his ground and flared his gills and did the exaggerated side-to-side swimming like CA cichlids do. 
After a few seconds they seemed to come to an agreement and are now completely ignoring each other. My con looks fantastic in this setup and is really enjoying the 48x18 footprint I think. Now I can't wait to get the Anubias and crypts planted on Monday. I'm not going to use many, just a few here and there to add some color. Hopefully neither creature will do any damage.
I also ordered a bigger filter (Eheim 2217). The 2213 just isn't cutting it for this tank.
I hope to pick out some danios or guppies, maybe cherry barbs, and start their quarantine soon.
They are much appreciated. I put my 5" male convict in this setup today (the one in my avatar). So far, so good. They had a stand-off right away. The turtle looked curious but a little afraid, and my convict stood his ground and flared his gills and did the exaggerated side-to-side swimming like CA cichlids do. After a few seconds they seemed to come to an agreement and are now completely ignoring each other. My con looks fantastic in this setup and is really enjoying the 48x18 footprint I think. Now I can't wait to get the Anubias and crypts planted on Monday. I'm not going to use many, just a few here and there to add some color. Hopefully neither creature will do any damage. I also ordered a bigger filter (Eheim 2217). The 2213 just isn't cutting it for this tank.
I hope to pick out some danios or guppies, maybe cherry barbs, and start their quarantine soon.
Bogwoodbruce;5164728; said:
Thanks!!
So... I had to remove the con after a few hours. He was grabbing and shaking my turtle, which obviously was not going to be tolerated by me! I wasn't expecting so much aggression, especially considering how big of a tank it is and my con and turtle are about equal in size. Oh well... I added some zebra danios to the tank instead.
He likes them much better.
