red eared slider turtle tank habitat 125 gal custom aquarium

My 125 Gallon turtle tank. Home made canopy, overflow and wet dry bucket trickle filter system, low maintenance and very clean. two red eared slider turtles with 5 gold fish and 5 minnows. Built entire system for about $400, got tank and stand almost free off craigs list, had to reenforce stand and paint black to match decor. Rocks I got from construction left overs (free). They love their new basking area and large area to swim around. Tank is undersized by 15 - 25 gallons of water since its 10 gal for every inch of turle so next tank will need to be bigger once they grow a bit more.

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[tony3611liao]

how much does that cost?

[grifloki]

@tony3611liao see latest setup, under $500 USD.

[grifloki]

@reptilelover9 my kids did. :)

[grifloki]

@Tittzy Why is it no one really watches the videos, they just pretent to. If you rewatch it you will notice the plexi was never over the lights that matter for the turtles, it was ONLY over the full spectrum lights. I am no idiot when it comes to turtles and that would be pretty dumb thing to do. Also, if you watch all the videos i posted per this tank you will notice the tank was overhauled again and plexi was removed so i can grow plants. Please take care before posting comments in future.

[doxielover64]

its nice to see that some people realize how large of a tank the turtles actually need. thanks!

[idonoevil]

awesome tank. I will be attempting to build the same set up as far as the home made dry wet filter. I will probably play around with the same overflow idea as yours. in the video you talked about the cross roped to keep debris from falling to the bottom. do you have any pics of that set up?

[Kayladiva197]

@Kennethstupi If you change about 10-15% of the water every week, (sometimes you have to do bigger water changes at a time if you have a huge problem with algae) then you won't have a problem.

[nebu7777]

This is the coolest tank I've seen so far. We're jealous.

[Lilrodism3]

Nice

[Kennethstupi]

how do you handle your algey problem. i cant put stuff like fake plants in mine because if algey grows on it it is to much of a pain to clean every week. please any advice would help.

[redearsliders]

good video



[MityLite]

can you make a tutorial on how to make that filter?

[SinninCincinnati]

@HookinBassOH28 I'm in Cincinnati....How large are the adults and setup?

[ClassyTerrapins]

what sort of fish do you have in there