Turtle Help

[cory mccabe]

Yes, but it really isn't anything to go off.
Don't know if you read it before, but my turtle tank cracked, so I've moved them over to a 4 foot tank that I was intending to do slowly for them.
I've ordered tons of plants and bogwood to go in it (Should start arriving tomorrow), also ordered some Indian Lily's.
At the moment there is a cave they like to go in, 4 pieces of bogwood (one tall enough to rest on and take in air). Several large rocks.

Hahaha that's awesome it's huge. My little turtle is still small so in the little tank ATM untill he grows hahaha I'll have a look to upload now. looking to get my second musk this week he's so funny he chases me for food hahaha one day a week pu don't feed him isir?

Still don't know how to uploa images haha I'm doing this of my iPhone see haha. Just a quick question... I don't have any gravel of any sort just A few rocks and pebbles and lots of room for him to poke his head out of water ( which he loves doing) 1. How do I clean up the food or waste that is on the bottom of the glass and 2. Do musks prefer shallow or deep water? Thanks guys

 

[JamieMRatcliffe]

They are climbing turtles so ideally, half level water with branches etc coming up out of the water that they can climb on.

I don't feed them once a week because they are growing really fast, Once they are a full 3" I will inly feed them every other day.
(Or they will get over weight)

As for the dirt on the bottom, without doing full changes? try syphon it out?

 

[fishnovice]

Congratulations on getting a baby musk turtle – turtles make great pets!
Your set up is fine for a musk turtle or two but I don’t advise keeping turtles with fish. Sooner or later when the turtle grows it may fancy some live food and poor RTBS and barbs will become dinner. Also Turtles are VERY messy, about 10X worse than large common plecs (I have both so I know) and it’s virtually impossible to keep ammonia levels good enough for fish unless you have a very powerful external filter or at least Fluval 3+/4 or anything similar with >1000l/hr flow
Choice of substrate is up to you but DON'T use gravel or tiny pebbles. Only use large pebbles too big for turtle to swallow or sand. Turtles will swallow gravel which will either choke them or become impacted in their digestive system and kill them.
HINT TO KEEP TURTLE TANK CLEAN
For all my turtles (I have 12 now)except tiny babies I use a separate feeding tank with fresh clean water in it every day. The turtles go back into the main tank or their exercise pen when they have finished eating. By confining turtle food waste and most poo to a separate tank, I manage to keep their main living tank relatively clean.
For further free expert advice on turtles try www.turtlesquad.co.uk. I've found it to be the best specialist turtle site in UK. It is run by Turtle Rescue Centre and they are very helpful.

 

[JamieMRatcliffe]

Running a Fluval 4 plus and an external filter to keep the water clean.
Apart from the Kribensis which will be removed when I get my replacement tank for the currently cracked one, the fish are over stock from my tank of livebearers, so I wouldn't be heart broken if they became turtle food.
The only paid for fish in their that I have added are a pair of bristelnose plecs, which I would hope will be fine.


Added lots more plants and wood into the tank today, the wood is brilliant lots of branches to climb up and the wood pokes out of the water.

Anyone else fancy putting up a pic of their own tanks?

 

[cory mccabe]

Heya mate how's your musks mine is awesome just wanted to know. Can a plec hurt my musk? If the plec is bigger?