New turtle tanks and DIY sump filter

[Vilibrato]

Could have more room, but nice setup.

[randy12368]

All that filtration and your water is filthy. I had two turttles that size in a 40 gal tank holding 30 gal of water with a two gal filter with ten times less media and the water stayed crystal clear. Maybe you need to change it more often, or use clean water.

[biss444]

hi, very imfomative video.where do you get your materialfrom,talkig about those panels you use to seperate your bioballs from your rock,thanks, den

[randy12368]

With all that filtration your tank looks real durty. I had two turttles in a 40 gal with a home made filter that kept the water crystal clear. The filter was a 2 gal juice jug with the top rempved. It had ceramic tubes followed by a 210 gal hr pump with socks of ammonia and carbon on top followed by filter pads. filter media did'nt need cleaning for two months.

[jaredultimatum]

Great video. I'm trying my second turtle tank. Could you check it out sometime? I'm stunned about how cool yours is. Thanks

[BigBryan]

can alligator turtles always live together? or at a certain size you have to separate them?

[cross7fu]

@BigBryan dont take the risk, one tank one snapper :)

[shorteeayy]

the ceramic rings in the middle of your sump, the one with the bags. how many kilo's or grams is that?

[cross7fu]

@shorteeayy there were totally 10L of small rings, 3L of medium rings, 1L of large rings and 1L of bio rocks

[shorteeayy]

@cross7fu ahh i see, how long does it usualy take for medium ceramic rings to get "colonized" or get brown in a cycled tank? im replacing them with my brio rings.

[cross7fu]

@shorteeayy I have no idea actually, the nitro-cycle will be formed eventually so I just put my turtles in within few days after the filter is set up, and because theres a lot of water in the tanks and filter, the water was not cloudy or smelly through the process

[dannylu0ng]

can you put the RES together with the AST's?

[cross7fu]

@dannylu0ng never

[mrcheekycheeks]

@cross7fu lol you said never to keeping a RES with a snapper, and never to keeping two snapper's together, but you did both of them yourself, lol

[shaneama11]

@cross7fu Yes u can,,, if they are small and grew up together my friend has one but if its big alredy u cant its gonna kill the res

[gregoir]

@dannylu0ng haha

[MrSpeakerguy44]

why r their nails so long

[cross7fu]

@MrSpeakerguy44 because they are males, they use their nails to hold their position during mating

[zacharyb102]

i had red eared slider an as almost youth i put some guppies in the tank an the turtle dont eat them but they breed an then eats the babys im like wat thier ur friend an i said wat ever floats ur tank

[jhnmndrl]

You should be focusing on heavy-duty mechanical filtration and chemical filtration primarily. - Running activated carbon almost solely, to eliminate the ammonia present. A large canister filter is the best option for that.

It might seem logical, but that sump is really not doing much of anything. But, it could be re-arranged to incorporate a power filter to run carbon.

Carbon will also clear the water up, as it's rather brown. =)

[jhnmndrl]

LOL ! "Biological filtration" in a turtle tank, via a sump! You should be focusing on mechanical and chemical filtration.

No matter how much biomedia you run in there, the ammonia levels present in a turtle tank are never going to allow your biological filter to handle the bio load of all those sliders, in that small of a tank. But, biofiltration isn't a focus in turtle tanks to begin with, because frequent water changes should be done before ammonia and nitrite build up anyway.

[iluffyou2]

Does your RES eat your guppies? If not how do I make it so my turtles doesn't attempt to eat them

[cross7fu]

@iluffyou2 yes mine do eat guppies and other fish

no matter wt size your turtles and fish are, eventually your fish will be eaten by the turts, the only way to prevent it is to separate them

[BeamJinn]

@cross7fu Damn. My gf wants a turtle and I'd love to keep fish with it. But knowing my luck, she'd get attached to a certain fish, and the turtle would eat it.

[RedRyders]

NICE Tank i wish i had that

[smnthkmyr36]

what kind of turtle is that? 

[terryeddyterry]

@smnthkmyr36 red eared slider i have a thirteen year old.....tradin him from a 50 to 100 gal this weekend

[cross7fu]

@smnthkmyr36 red eared slider & alligator snapping turtle

[ShinyHunterExtreme]

@cross7fu alligator snapper? O_o

[cross7fu]

@ShinyHunterExtreme yup

[ShinyHunterExtreme]

@cross7fu awesome!! arent they dangerous? and if heard that adults have the biting strength of 2 lions!!

[Davetheant]

thanks

[Davetheant]

whats the best way to let a small turtle get out of the water?

[cross7fu]

@Davetheant u mean a basking platform? since turtles cannot bend down so either a ramp shape land or a flat land with a step underneath it would be the best

[vorrap]

for real sump for turtle

[ilivensoca]

A club med for turtles...... very nice. Makes one want to be a turtle.

[CFcallous]

best fuking tank setup in the world

[Coolman1234556789]

nice tank

[Lilsaintaz]

da bomb setup

[3ddgdaar]

I really love this setup, wish we could keep alligator snappers where i'm from. I have two adult RES and am looking to upgrade to something similar to this, only bigger

[chiporama]

what is that green moss stuff

[cross7fu]

which one?

[9912699125]

@cross7fu do they climb up the basking platform or do you put them in there?

[cross7fu]

@9912699125 they can climb up there by themselves

[9912699125]

@cross7fu but how? by the stone stairs?

[cross7fu]

@9912699125 yup, it looks impossible, but they have mastered their ninja skills

[Antiprophet24]

@cross7fu NINJA TURTLES

[chiporama]

whats that thing in the back of the tank that they climb up on

[cross7fu]

basking platform

[chiporama]

but what exactly is it...did it come with the tank or is it something you put in there

[razlindez]

Do The turtles eat the fish? i have been after some fish for my tank . whats best type of fish to put in the tank? and is there a way to prevent turtles eating the fish e.g getting bigger fish than the turtles etc

[cross7fu]

The best would be tetra, guppy, platy, molly, swordtail...etc, but it doesnt really matter as long as u provide variety of nutrition to your turts

My turts eat fish but they couldnt catch them since they were moved to a bigger tank and the fish move too fast

Turts would eat bigger fish, u need places for the fish to hide, and more water makes more space for them to escape

[razlindez]

i got a 3ft tank its a bit bare at the minute what do you reccomend i put in for the fish to hide? and are undergravel filters worth buying?

thanks for ya help btw :)

[cross7fu]

u can put driftwood, cave, or artificial plants in it

undergravel filter is good for keeping fish, not so good for turts since they will dig the gravel

[hootentogger]

@razlindez i have minnows mickey mouse guppies, feeder guppies and i've had them in there for a couple of months now. and only one has gone missing they will only eat them if the fish are separated and stupid enough to go near him/her. make sure you get more then one or two tho

[ArmyofSeaturtles]

your setup looks really natural

[4523derek]

dudedats sick how did u get ur basking area like that nice setup cheack mine out

[cross7fu]

thx

I made a wood rack wif a platform on it, and pot the plants on the platform

[9912699125]

is a canister filter good or is a power filter better?

[cross7fu]

power filter can be mean HOT(hang on tank) filter or internal filter

for turtles, both of them are not as efficient as canister filter, but is a filter good enough for your tank depends on how many animals in the tank, how much waste they produce, size of the tank, how much water in it...etc

[9912699125]

tnkx ,which country are you born in?is a zoomed 501 canister filter goo or a aquaclear 30 power filter better?

[cross7fu]

Im from Hong Kong @ China

501 sucks, I've never try the other one but I think its better

[9912699125]

is it cause the water flow rate?the others' water flow rate is higher and i can buy it in my country but 501 i can onli buy from the web

[cross7fu]

slow flowrate, wrong design, bad filter media

I'll say the aquaclear is better, but eventually u'll need a bigger tank for turtles

[9912699125]

i am broke now.....but their tank now is 55g how big is ur tank?

[jameshermanto]

only one word to say.. YOUR TURTLE IS HAPPY!

[cross7fu]

thats 4 words lol

thanks, they are happy

[jameshermanto]

this one is nice! but remove the gravel.. your turtle wants to eat it.

recommended is RIVER ROCK... not GRAVEL.

GRAVEL = GRAVE but this one is better than before

many turtle died because of gravel.

[cross7fu]

I may try river rock later, they do eat gravels, nothing happens now but yes it is dangerous

thx for your advice

[AT90Classic]

Hey, I have another question, your RES have very webbed feet, mine only a little. Is it because they stayed in shallow waters for too long? Will the webs grow back for them if they live in waters now?

[cross7fu]

they were all born wif webbed feet, I believe yours just don have enough water to use the webs thats why u don see them

throw them into deep water and u will see it lol

[AT90Classic]

WHAT?! Are you sure its ok? lol

[cross7fu]

well if they live in shallow water for a long time it takes a few minutes for them to get use to deep water, put them on the dry land and let them get into the water by themselves(just like wt I did in my first video), they are native to 3 feet deep rivers, never doubt their swimming skills lol

[AT90Classic]

I know they are native to deep rivers, but will their webs grow back?

[cross7fu]

yes they will

[EcBuddy123]

nice!!! that is so cool i was thinking of how to dcorate my musk and res's tank and u just gave me tons of ideas!!! so cool! glad u had time for a vid turtles look healthy and nice, and the pants keep bad stuff from growing?(nitrate and that other gasses) but very cool how do u breed rosie minows any idea?

[cross7fu]

im not sure how to breed rosies, I breed guppies as feeder fish

they are so easy to breed, u don even need a filter, just do water change every 2 days

I started wif 3 males 3 females, 2 of them were already pregnant, an hour after I put them into the tank I got 30 babies lol

now I only have 1 adult female and 4 adult males, but I got 9 new born babies this month, I should have more but I wasnt there when she gave birth and they ate most of the babies

[EcBuddy123]

i try to get females and stuff but they never have any =[ l0l i guess ill stick to rosies from the petstore, i just dont really tust them u know but i have to give them the fish the same day i buy them (no other tank l0l only like a 1 gallon and alot of them die there idk too small?)

[cross7fu]

u mean u gave the guppies back to petstore?

1 gal is toooo small, I started wif 10 gal tank wif 6 fish in it

[EcBuddy123]

no i buy rosy minnows for my turtles if u see my vids u usally see some pink looking fish those are minnows and at thepetstore they arent taken care of well but the first time i bout them like 2 died in the little tank, i think i might try to raise quppies but they nevr have females like never!

[cross7fu]

oh thats too bad, i go to PJ's pet centre they have one tank all males one tank all females

rosies are easy to die, and wif less water, the water quality goes bad sooner, u may try to get a bigger tank wif filter

hope u can find the guppy girls lol

[EcBuddy123]

cool i hope teres one near me (chicago) i think, i might get a alli. snapper well after i finish buying all the things for both my turtle tanks so i dont think ill breed anytime soon even doe it would be best, hey do u feed ur res's or any of ur pets crickets? i was thinking of feeding my turles some

[cross7fu]

i thiknk one of my replies doesnt show up:

turtles waste produce ammonia=toxic stuff, thats why u need a filter wif biological filtration, it allows good bacteria grow inside the filter, absorb ammonia turn them into nitrites, and nitrites to nitrates=less toxic stuff, which imrpvoes the water quality

and plants will consume these chemicals as fertilizer, if they can remove all the nitrates, the water will be completely safe for turtles

[EcBuddy123]

yeah i think ur python (ball python i think right?) u don show it well i ddint see it or the reeves turte

[cross7fu]

yes hes ball python

i'll make a vid of all my pets soon

[EcBuddy123]

cool hey u got 2 snappers or one? and the small one how big is he compared to when u got him? thinking of getting one since they grow like an inch a year

[cross7fu]

just one, the other one is a model lol

they grow slower than common snappers, but think about the size of adult, they can grow to 2 feet eventually

[EcBuddy123]

haha looked real i looked atit twice but yeah, i want one but i want to know about how big they grow a year, its about a inch a year right? or not?

[cross7fu]

thx bro

[AT90Classic]

What are the plants shown at 1:11? Wont the turtles try to eat them?

[cross7fu]

those floating on the water? they are called Pistia stratiotes L.

the turts took few bites of them, I guess it taste really bad so they didnt eat them

[9912699125]

no water change needed?are you sure?

[cross7fu]

the plants will absorb toxic chemicals (ammonium, nitrites, nitrate), if theres enough plants I don need to change water(just like wt happens in lakes and ponds)

I'll do water test later to confirm if it works

[jbjy]

they don't eat the fish?

[cross7fu]

they tried but the fish move too fast and too much space in the tank so they couldnt catch them lol

[AT90Classic]

They lived there for a week, how are they? Manage to catch the fish?

[cross7fu]

great, they like to get on to the platform and bask, they can jump into the water(the plant can reduce the splash) without hitting the bottom lol

they are not intent on catching fish anymore, but sometimes fish got suck into the filter and die, then they'll have fish without catching them