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They are in a tank inside my house. whats the point of a tank outside?

I am getting rid of the small rocks and keeping 3 big rocks (seen in video). Also, in the video I said that I will be filing up the pond. Finally, i will put them in the pond when the reach 7 inches, in England it is highly unlikely (nearly impossible) of a bird (e dont have 'cool' birds where I live, i live in leeds which is a big city and hardly has any fascinating wildlife) eating a 7 inch turtle.

It's cool man, but thanks any way :)
 
barracuda123 said:
They are in a tank inside my house. whats the point of a tank outside?

I am getting rid of the small rocks and keeping 3 big rocks (seen in video). Also, in the video I said that I will be filing up the pond. Finally, i will put them in the pond when the reach 7 inches, in England it is highly unlikely (nearly impossible) of a bird (e dont have 'cool' birds where I live, i live in leeds which is a big city and hardly has any fascinating wildlife) eating a 7 inch turtle.

It's cool man, but thanks any way :)
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ok, but see how your turtle is trying to hide and burry itself in your video? that's what it's going to try to do all the time. they dig down trying to burry themselves in the sand or mud (soft stuff). if you have rocks in there they'll tear up their shells and feet trying to burry themselves under rocks and gravel. you need a liner to prevent them from getting to the rocks and/or a really thick layer of sand.


"Successfully keeping soft-shelled turtles is very difficult... They require a soft, sandy substrate and ultra-clean water. Soft-shelled turtles spend a great deal of time buried in the sandy bottoms of rivers and therefore enjoy this activity in captivity. Use of the finest grade of sandblasting sand or thoroughly rinsed play or river sand is recommended. Larger grade sand and pebbles can abrade their soft plastrons and lead to sores and infections."
 
Those rocks seen in the video are being removed, the large (i mean really big ones - i sat on one of them comfortably on the video) will stay. I am going to use sand for the pond :) I should have made the video more clearer. it was only for the video I let them in the pond, and to test it before i out in a load of work :)
 
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