I have always kept aquatic turtles, this is my first tortoise..he is a hermanns and has 4-5 inchs of 50/50 top soil cypress mulch substrate mixture, I leave a shallow pond open to him at all times, just tall enough to come the bottom of his shell, he has a flower pot hide and some rocks for decoration along with some planted weeds, I feed him everyday, if it's not the weeds from my yard it is romaine lettuce, cucumber, and kale all mixed, he has a heat/UVA/UVB bulb to bask. ANY and ALL suggestions are welcomed.