Red Eared Sliders

My Red Eared Slider hatchlings, Gamera and Leonardo, enjoying their relatively new habitat. The tank is a 10 gallon all glass aquarium. Hidden behind the rocks are a submersible heater and a Duetto 100 filter.

In this video, a batch of 30 feeder guppies have been added to the tank. Their stock was rapidly depleted, as hatchling and juvenile turtles prefer to eat live protein over pellets and vegetation.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• turtles
• Red
• Eared
• Slider
• paludarium
• herpetology
• amphibians

[musicman195959]

OMG! One of your RES is named Gamera? My favorite monster of all time! Totally cool. Your turtle tank is awesome. RES are my favorite turtles. I use to have the babys as pets. Are you going to make a video of them when you move them to a bigger tank?

[Bluegargoyle]

I actually already have moved them to a bigger tank- it is a 40 gallon with a large waterfall on the right, a floating island for sunbathing, and a custom rock background. Check it out in my other videos.

"Red Eared Sliders in new tank with custom rock background "

[pizzawoman15]

Nice video!What kind of rocks you put in your tank? I have a 5 months red eared slider in a container with water, not in a tank. I really want a turtle tank like yours.

[Bluegargoyle]

The substrate is a kind of gravel usually referred to in poet stores as "river rock." The stones are probably about 1/4 inch on average. Regular aquarium gravel is smaller and more likely to be inadvertently ingested by the animals, and anyway I prefer a vivarium/paludarium that looks more natural.

As for the larger rock, I honestly don't know- a large slab of red shale maybe? I chose it for it's size and shape. Sliders need an area to crawl out and bask.

[Bluegargoyle]

I'm normally partial to lava rock- it makes for great waterfalls. But sliders need a DRY area to bask on- for good plastron health I believe- so having a waterfall over it would be counterproductive. And anyway I worried that the lava rock might have too many jagged edges that could damage their shells. As they grow into a larger tank I might start using lava rock though. Your slider would probably do fine in a 10 gallon- you can get them for about $10. Eventually you'll need a bigger tank.

[Al3xX256]

how do you clean it.. I just hold my tank to completely clean it. And hold it to i get to the bathroom and put new water in it.

[Bluegargoyle]

I remove the turtles to a smaller container during cleaning. I use a suction hose to vacuum out the gravel, and I remove the filter to clean it in the sink. I end up siphoning out nearly all of the water while cleaning the gravel, and I replace it with clean dechlorinated water.

This is also a good time to re-seat the plants in the gravel, as the turtles are large enough now to uproot them on a regular basis.

[conrad161]

thats a really nice  setup like the rocks

[DEENAASTY]

Nice setup, must be a pain to clean

[matttyv]

i love ur tank set up its awsome,i have 1 RES that is an inch 1/2 how deep should i put the water i also have a heater,basking floating dock,filter,uvb and uva light,no gravel and 2 fake water plants on each side of the tank.but iam not sure how deep should i put the water

[Maggotaux]

Its a very nice setup. Ive been reading alot about Red eared sliders and Found out that they should have more room to bast than swim. Also Plastic plants arent usually a good Idea for they will eat them and become sick. What I cant find out is what type of Freshwater Fish I can have in the same Tank. Are the fish in this video still alive? And if they are what are they. You should probly put them in a 50 gal once they are 4". You could stunt there growth. Still very nice setup.

[Al3xX256]

Thanks :D