Recent content by birdnorth

well, its just a huge commitment to keep a turtle for 50 years or so. I just don't want to have to be in a situation where I am forced to rehome the animal.

also, does anyone know of any turtle that has a shorter lifespan and stayed small?

out of map turtles, diamond backed terrapins, and stinkpot turtles, which is always clawing at the glass? is it true that the terrapins always swim against the glass? do maps and musks not? does anyone know where I cam get an old turtle? their lifespans are too long for my situation so it would...

I thought I might add that this would be the same dimensions as except half the hight of a 120. this made sense to me because I assume that fish and turtles prefer length and width to height. the other option would be a 55 but that seemed too narrow. I thought about a 40 breeder but I think that...

hey, so I've been doing a little bit more research. I live in an apartment on the 12th floor and have started to worry that a 75 might be too heavy for the floor. I saw a frag tank that's 60 gallons with the dimentions 48 by 24 by 12. I like this because the animals have more floor space but it...

sure, I will do so. thank you for all of your advice!

I'm sorry to bug you guys one more time and I won't be offended if you don't reply but do you think I could so a gentle slope coming down from the basking are to the bottom of a full 75? I just want there to be enough space for the fish. this would be for any musk or mud turtle hatchling, or...

do you know if that's like the max? So I probably wouldn't be able to add a couple to an established 75?

ill make sure to follow you on instagram. for safety reasons for the turtle and fish, I will be staying away from the terrapins. the musk turtles are most likely. how deep is the water in your hatchling tank? do you think that they would do well in a 75?

I've been doing some more research and saw that turtles like razorback musk and three striped muds do better in deep water r because they are good swimmers. this would be good because the tank would be kinda deep. would this also mean that it would be easier for them to attack the fish?

what kind of musk turtles do you have?

are terrapins less aggressive than the painted turtles?

is that it? (I forgot to post the last one as a reply so that's the real message. my bad.)

so are you saying that musk and mud turtles will go after fish often but are usually not successful, and painted and terrapins will go after them less often but if they do decide to go after them, they are more likely to kill? are mud and mud turtles equally aggressive? I probably should add...

Sorry to bother anyone but I've been looking for info about maybe getting a new turtle tank and have been getting mixed results. I want to be able to keep them with fish and have read that mud and musk turtles are best for that. are they better with fish than say a diamond backed terrapin? Also...