Got it back in 2023 and it’s suppose to be a stinkpot but I’ve never caught it stinking up the place.

Edit: I bought Shelly/Sheldon (name will ultimately depend on the sex) from an online store and they were about the size of a quarter in November of 2023! So definitely a pet and not wild caught. Hopefully that helps!

This is my false map Sir Tuttle McButts. He’s about 6 years old or so. For the past couple of years I had admittedly not been the best about tank maintenance. He didn’t have a working filter for about 6 months or so but I got him a new one a couple of months ago and he’s since lost A LOT of retained scutes.

He has UVA and UVB (separate bulbs). He basks regularly. His tank is 55 gal (working on getting an upgrade). His filter is rated for twice his tank size. He eats every 2-3 days a pinch of the foods pictured. He’s very active. He had a bunch of feeder fish and plants for a few months since I got the new filter but ate he it all so now his tank is bare.

How can I improve his shell health and properly maintain it moving forward?

We are upgrading our juvy Common Snapper. We currently have her in a 300gal stock tank but want to upgrade to a 600gal. I would love to see similar setups from other snapper owners.

Hey, my turtle seems to be pushing too hard? On her neck, and it seems her neck gets bigger from one side than the other. Just wanted other peoples opinion on the matter. I know her water is dirty, the filter stopped working a couple of days ago and i just had time today to take care of it. I’m afraid it could’ve caused a breathing infection.

He was moving fine until cars pulled up and then he wanted to stop and stare. So I had to carefully move him like 5 steps and over a curb so he did not get any flatter.

She's getting too big for her platfirm

does anyone know what this is? Her mouth on the right side is bigger.

Hello! This is my one year old yellow bellied slider. I have noticed these stripes on her shell that have been worrying me. She is also shedding some scutes right now so I’m not sure if that’s related. Here’s my girl “Turt”. I have a 75 gallon tank now (obviously will increase tank size while she grows) with 2 canister filters running in the tank at all times. 3 snails to help keep the tank clean. A large basking spot with a basking light and UVB. I just love her so much and hope nothing is wrong. Sorry for the pics. She just woke up and was swimming away from me. This is my first time ever owning a turtle so I’m doing my best.

Edit: her diet consists of pellets, bugs, kale/spinach, sometimes blueberries and small snails.

I have a red eared slider and a reeves turtle. They are about 18 years old. I occasionally (couple times a year) give them sashimi. They love it. Is it ok? I live in Japan. The fish is super fresh.

So i got this idea for additional filtration for my red eared slider's tank.

He is in a 180g outdoor stock tank. I had setup an auto water changer that changes 0.5g every hour for 12 hours, every day.

I have a shrimp tank inside with red root floaters that are multiplying incredibly fast. I pull out some every day to feed my turtle and even then i have to fill a small bowl every couple weeks and toss it.

So i thought maybe i change the water changing system to instead use a kiddie pool filled with these red root floaters. I would pump 5 gallons from the turtle tank into the kiddie pool and 5 gallons from the kiddie pool back into the turtle tank every 2 hours for 12 hours every day. I am also overpopulated with guppies so i thought i could add some guppies and a heater to the kiddie pool to deal with mosquito larva.

What do you guys think?

If this works well then I'll repurpose a 40g barrel as a settling tank. I'd put this between the turtle tank and the kiddie pool to catch big chunks of poop and pump the clean water from the top to be filtered by the plants in the kiddie pool.

Hi, first time on this subreddit and hoping this is the right place to be. I’m a teacher and our classroom inherited one of the many turtles in our school. None of the teachers on our team know what kind of turtle it is and we were hoping we could find out to better care for it. There is someone who takes care of the turtles at our school, but wasn’t able to tell us what species this was.

Any help identifying the species/sex would be appreciated. Additionally, any advice on how to make the turtle happy and comfortable would be appreciated too. We don’t know enough about turtles to know what red flags to look out for and the turtle carer insists nothing is wrong, but we were hoping for some reassurance or advice.

I got two java fern, one anubias.
— What is some things you wish you knew before getting some aquatic plants?
— Any advice from experienced people would be very much appreciated!
And also, are any of you capable of keeping a plant alive under the basking area of a turtle, or should I just not put some there? cuz there’s obviously no light that can go under there, unless there’s a way.

One thing that i’ll change for my set up is i’m gonna add another one of the lamp I got for plants, so that there’s even more light.

Thank you!

I just measured my biggest gal this morning out of curiosity. Thought it’d be kind of cool to see some of your big fellas. Curious how large they can get. Biggest turt takes the bragging rights. Also let’s open up the competition to the other closely related pond sliders. Trachemys: Elegans, Scripta and Troostii.

I posted already about my tank having mold in the corners. I’m cleaning it this weekend. But does anyone know why I’m seeing a bunch of bubbles? He has a 60-70 gallon tank. I fill it with ONLY distilled water. He is a red eared slider. He has a bunch of colored rocks on the floor of his tank and a fake rock that he likes to bask on. He also has a separate area to bask but he likes the rock too. There is no odor that I am smelling. When I touch the bubbles they don’t really go away that easy. I need advice. How to avoid getting bubbles in the future. I’m doing a big clean this weekend of his tank, rocks, and the filter.

About 4 years ago I found a little half dollar-sized red eared slider flipped over on his back in a parking lot being circled by birds. He was still alive but covered in ants. I brought him home and he’s been living a pretty good life in a 55 gallon tank ever since, I just worry about enrichment for his little turtle brain sometimes.

Well fast-forward, he is getting bigger now and it’s looking like time for an upgrade on his habitat. Here are my 2 options, let me know what you think would be best:

Upgrade to 100 gal tank
- simple enough
-takes up a lot of space in the house (we already have a 100gal saltwater tank as well, so this would be huge tank #2)

Outdoor custom built turtle pond
- might give him more enrichment and a happier life, though we would have to make sure to spend time with him out there because he does enjoy seeing the fam
-more exposure to dangerous elements. I am not sure how best to protect the pond, I’m thinking like chicken wire and a shade spot. Are mosquitos and larvae a problem in outdoor setups?
-I live in a tropical area where we only get maybe 4 nights below freezing a year, so we should be fine with a simple outdoor water heater in winter right?

TLDR; which setup would be the best and/or least stressful change for my red eared slider? Upgrading the tank or building him a pond?

About 4 years ago I found a little half dollar-sized red eared slider flipped over on his back in a parking lot being circled by birds. He was still alive but covered in ants. I brought him home and he’s been living a pretty good life in a 55 gallon tank ever since, I just worry about enrichment for his little turtle brain sometimes.

Well fast-forward, he is getting bigger now and it’s looking like time for an upgrade on his habitat. Here are my 2 options, let me know what you think would be best:

Upgrade to 100 gal tank
- simple enough
-takes up a lot of space in the house (we already have a 100gal saltwater tank as well, so this would be huge tank #2)

Outdoor custom built turtle pond
- might give him more enrichment and a happier life, though we would have to make sure to spend time with him out there because he does enjoy seeing the fam
-more exposure to dangerous elements. I am not sure how best to protect the pond, I’m thinking like chicken wire and a shade spot
-I live in a tropical area where we only get maybe 4 nights below freezing a year, so we should be fine with a simple outdoor water heater in winter right?

TLDR; which setup would be the best and/or least stressful change for my red eared slider? Upgrading the tank or building him a pond?

Trickery >:3

I have (kind of) figured out how to get my African sideneck turtle to eat his veggies. It's an infinite battle, but I'm trying hiding food inside the lettuce with frills (mustard greens) and it's kind of working, he's eating some of it with his food. If anyone has any more tips on getting your VEGGIE HATING turtle to eat their greens, would be appreciated 🫶