you dont need a 200 gallon tank for sliders guys. Id say 75 gallon minimum if you keep the water clean enough.
Turtle tank, what would live in it?
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Gourami Swami;2581190; said:
Most turtle species are very active. RES are no exception. Keeping them in small tank is like keeping a dog penned up it's whole life. It's not fair to the animal because you want to take the easy route out.
yea be prepared to get some form of a pond. for tankmates now frogs would be cool i guess, i'd do a ton of fancy guppies and platys for a ton of color. plus if you get enought the turtle wont be able to kill at the rate theyre reproducing
im usually the one telling people to get bigger tanks, but i just dont agree that you NEED a 200 gallon aquarium for RES'. I have my pair in a 72 gallon bowfront with an external land area attatchment. My turtles are active, and spend much of the day gliding around the tank, and much of the day basking (in the case of my large female). My turtles seem very happy to me, get tons of exercise chasing around fish, and i keep their water very clean. The tank is full to the brim providing them adequate swimming room and they can walk around out of the water as well. I take them outside often in my yard and let them walk around and explore.
I know this isnt a thread about how i keep my turtles, im just stating my opinion that that RES' can be kept successfully in a smaller aquarium.
I know this isnt a thread about how i keep my turtles, im just stating my opinion that that RES' can be kept successfully in a smaller aquarium.
Anything you put in with a turtle has the potential to become it's dinner.
I keep different species of synodontis catfish in some of my set ups that contain RES, painteds, cooters, and maps and they have all been fine for a few years now.
The map turtles actually prop themselves up off the tank bottom and wait for the catfish to come along and clean them, like a cleaner shrimp or wrasse will do to fish in a reef tank.
I keep different species of synodontis catfish in some of my set ups that contain RES, painteds, cooters, and maps and they have all been fine for a few years now.
The map turtles actually prop themselves up off the tank bottom and wait for the catfish to come along and clean them, like a cleaner shrimp or wrasse will do to fish in a reef tank.
in my tank i have gold fish larger than all my turtles. the turtles and goldfish leave each other alone. it just depends on your turtles i suppose
we have em at table rock lake at big ceder marina that are freaking ginormous there easily 16" long and 10" wide no joke ill get pictures this summer.
