Well, I successfully resealed my 125 I had in my basement and decided instead of more fish my turtles deserved it more. They had been living quite happily in a 100 gal rubbermaid stock tank, but I barely ever saw them, so I decided on putting them in the tank.
Its being filtered by a small in-tank pond filter and an AC 110 right now until I decide on a more permanent filtering solution. I also cheaped out and bought a large (9x18) floating zoo-med turtle dock on sale at petsmart for $17 (about half off) until the next reptile show I go to where I can hand pick a nice piece of cork bark.
There are a total of 7 small turtles in it right now. 3 common snappers who have still yet to show any aggression at about 3 inches, a 3 inch Alligator snapper, a 3 inch RES rescue that I found in a 10 gallon tank on my block outside in november in NY, a 3 inch yellowbelly cooter I think, not quite sure, but I don't care either way. Then my favorite, and soon to be only turtle species in this tank, a 4-5 inch Northern Diamondback Terrapin.
I'll take some pics and post them up tomorrow.
Its being filtered by a small in-tank pond filter and an AC 110 right now until I decide on a more permanent filtering solution. I also cheaped out and bought a large (9x18) floating zoo-med turtle dock on sale at petsmart for $17 (about half off) until the next reptile show I go to where I can hand pick a nice piece of cork bark.
There are a total of 7 small turtles in it right now. 3 common snappers who have still yet to show any aggression at about 3 inches, a 3 inch Alligator snapper, a 3 inch RES rescue that I found in a 10 gallon tank on my block outside in november in NY, a 3 inch yellowbelly cooter I think, not quite sure, but I don't care either way. Then my favorite, and soon to be only turtle species in this tank, a 4-5 inch Northern Diamondback Terrapin.
I'll take some pics and post them up tomorrow.
. I know what I am doing, and have done it many times before. I'm sure Ill still get something along the lines of "lol your stupid. snapping turtles are rly mean. you dont know what your doing." from someone with absolutely no experience with any type of turtle whatsoever. But for the rest of you, Ignore this and enjoy the pics once I get them up.
