My Western Painted Turtle's with *New* tank

[NikoC00L]

Cool tank set up!

[austinl01]

He's not a Western Painted Turtle. 

[garney25]

he doesnt eat your fish?



[redo7706]

are you sure this is a 3o gal tank? it seems really big, but i havent gotten my 30 gal for my turtle yet so i guess i wouldnt know.....

[sk8maggot77]

i saw that an eastern painted turtle needs a 60 gallon tank but urs looks to be doing fine a 30 gallon. how much did ur tank coast? an is ur filter good cuzz i dont want that cheap shit.

[mrverizon100]

dude you need a place so the turtle can dry

[sickasso72]

nice set up. I hope you feed it in a separate tank

[wonderwondswoman]

well it all deponds on the type of turtle u get some only need shallow water and some are deep do read up on what u are getting and dont get a red eared slider what people dont know some have been known to go 20 inches  and that mean 10 gallons per inch of turtle get a painted male

[dummy395]

where did you buy the plants?

[Touyeng07]

i had a western painted turtle. it died though. :( so now all i have is a 1 1/2 inch RES.

[witzont]

im gonna get a turtle, should i have the water really high up like you?

[animalhouser54]

@witzont yes they are born to swim as long as you have some type of dry basking area for it

[the4halo3]

cool



[TrophYHunteR123]

errr well to small that tank fell sorry for the poor guy

[conrad161]

@TrophYHunteR123 ur an idiot that tank is big enough

[cumguzzler22630]

those fish prolly hate the turtle. lol

[ClericLandscaping]

Nice setup.

[KrionStudio]

wow they look a lot like RES turtles

[nicholas90ify]

you can use tap water you got to buy water cleser though

[101plasma]

nice tank and turtle.......hey man check out my turtles and comment plezzzzzzzzzz..... :D

[aricbrenner]

ydoc9000: fill it up. 10 gallons of water for every inch of shell

[mranimalkeeper]

hey nice tank

[mushroomcloud13]

do you have tap water in there cuz its not that googd for them, use a hose or let some water sit for a couple days

[wackitass]

could i use the poland spring water??

[mushroomcloud13]

i dont really know what that is, but the problem with tap water is it has chemicals in it that could harm the animal, what you cuold do to make it easier is to go to a local pet store and ask if they have chemical remover for tap water, its usually found in the fish area of the pet store

[elcor17]

use a product called Reptisafe

[SnowieDayProductions]

Owning reptiles is about stimulating natural habitats but i do disagree with a few things in the description box. You say turtles are mainly from lakes, ponds, streams, rivers ect. that is true however but keep in mind these are captive turtles and captive-bred turtles which means they were born in a aquarium and thats all they ever have known its not as if they were in an actual lake, pond, or stream so being a tank with shallow water or with deep water is all they will ever know.

[tomastomas11]

he is gonna eat thoes fish when he gets bigger

[ray2k1]

nice tank

[cooterboy1050]

nice tank

[xavierxman123]

why is ther taping

[dumaaaaaa]

how many plants do you have?

[yanirman]

What filter do u have? I want one that looks like a waterfall like that for my 60 gallon tank!

[animalhouser54]

regular aquirm fuliter thig is that the water level so low that the water spills over bigger making it look as if it was a water fall, so yeah just get a regualer one and lower the water level to give it that look like mines

[ydoc9000]

Hey i just seen your video i was wondering How deep should my water be for my new baby painted turtle hes about 1 inch in size and i just got him as a gift lol hes in a 10 gallon tank with about 2 inches of water right now i have the lights and getting a filter soon for him i just need to know how deep the water needs to be for a new born painted turtle

[yanirman]

Beautiful set up!! I wanna know what filter you have....I just got a zoo med 501 but I want one that looks like a water fall. I love my turtles and I'd love to get them a nicer filter.

[jonasbrothers1236]

what do thay eat

[Leeshizzle294]

fruits vegies and commercial food.. i gotta warn u if ur gonaa switch to another diet of food itll take awhile for the turtle to get used to it.. sooo u might wanna secretly mix it in with the turtles regular favorite food

[joeyscooter]

do painted turtles need air?

[animalhouser54]

no offense but REALLY why post such a dumb comment!

[oasiac]

@animalhouser54 well yes and no. When they hibernate they absorb the oxygen in the water through their skin, but other than that they breath air :)

[brianvelasquez]

omg dude ur prety ignorant

[Manny4587]

@joeyscooter lol,, I think you ment "do they need to live on land too"

[BaseballCardFreek]

@joeyscooter haha thats dumb not to be racist but thats like asking if a black person needs air

[chesleycareystar]

@joeyscooter do you need air?

[jach234]

sweet

[EvilUndertaker1]

is cool

[CMDKenatron]

I see the setup, it's great, good job

[xston3x]

Hey I'm getting two baby red ear sliders (about 3 inches) and I want to put a pleco and my two comet tailed goldfish (about 1 3/4 of an inch.) What are the chances of them getting eaten/harrassed? The tank will be 30 gallons.

[animalhouser54]

don't worry about the pleco i have one in my tank also he just hidding but anyway the pleco wont be killed by your turtles b/c he literally to hard for them lol the fish may get harrassed, possibly may get eaten when the turts get bigger, turtles that R fed offtend with pellets wont be intrested in the fish but sometimes that want help though so its up to you if you want to test it out. The fish in my tank were ment to be eaten i didn't want them as pets but my turtle don't them neither lol.

[xston3x]

I see, yea they're really small turtles so I was going to just give it a try. They haven't been eating fish so I plan to keep it that way. I'm just counting on the fact that my fish will grow faster than my turtles. Thanks for the help, we'll see how it goes.

[earthling1984]

to small tank

[slashrocks87]

nice setup i have two eatern paited turtles in my 40 gallon

[CaterpillarGiraffe]

Great tank, it looks really nice !

[javi7148]

nice tank um were did u buy ur baby turtle

[animalhouser54]

he is not a baby he full grown but i bought him at place called davey jone's locker a local petstore that sell mostly aquirum supplies

[powerman2442]

Why doesn't he eat the goldfish? I hd one a looong time ago and he at goldfish. The were smaller, but still. Nice tank.

[animalhouser54]

thanx, i luv my turtle. Now the golfish, they been in that tank for too long, he just don't want to eat'em. he used to eat'em but now he justwant food from me thats it. Strange

[powerman2442]

They look nice in there with him though. :D

[ninjastrawbery]

I have a 1 1/2 inch western painted turtle. I want to get him a bigger tank. His name is Snappy and he is about a year to two years old, im not sure, i got him from a friend. I just got him and hes in a really small tank right now. What size do you suggest. would 20 gallon be sufficiant? What kind of plant life do you have in there?

[animalhouser54]

20 gallon is perfectly good, he or she will enjoy it but bigger the better but for now yes go ahead :) hope Snappy live a long and happy life =]

[CMDKenatron]

Nice setup. Keep up the good work with your turtle