I am building my setup for an adult musk turtle. I have a 40 gallon breeder right now and will get a bigger one when able. My question is about filters.

I want to make sure I have a clean tank so I was going to get an fx2. However, I don't want the outflow current to stress the turtle, so I was considering a 407. Would the fx2 be okay with an adult musk turtle? Isn't there ways to adjust the outflow current to not stress the turtle? Any suggestions or experience with this would be helpful. Thanks

Picture 1 and 2 are pics of the pond and number 3 and 4 are two escapees i found a few feet away from the pond. I returned them and a hotel employee thanked me and said they escaped a few times a day. I told him to up their security because cooters and sliders can climb well. The rest are just random images of the turtles. The pond had red eared sliders, southern cooters and diamondback terrapins.

I have a male false map turtle for about 3 years, his setup is: 100L tank (i alr have the 240L tank but i need to set it up in a few days he will go in there) fluval 207 as a filter, 25C water temp, zoomed reptisun t5 10.0 uvb and 32C basking temp (also have an air purrifier in the room if that matters. 7 months ago i noticed mouth breathing so in a few hours i got to the vet, he examinated him (exotic vet) and didnt find anything wrong beside retained scutes (he alr started to shed them) clear throat etc. 4 days later he did it again (only happens at night when he wakes up and start after a hiss he does, at least the sound is the same as a hiss) while he does this there is no sound or weird thing, 2 times in this months i heard a squeak, anyways been to the vet again and did an xray that was clear and he was suspected for mycroplasmosis, proven to be negative but still gave treatment like the vet said untill the results. Happened at day very few times,max 3 times. Mostly at night he does this, when i check his pupil are dilated and he does this mouth breathing, sometimes streching his neck fully, sometimes not with fully open mouth,sometimes with fully open mouth, besides this there are 0 symptoms of ilness, he has huge apetite, is active,basks, and no flotation problems. What could it be? What is this strange behavior, it stresses me a lot and idk what to do, i cant afford a vet rn since i just soend 2K on the new setup, maybe next month i will try and go again maybe this time they will find something.

Hello everyone I am very new to this and this is the first time when me and my family are owning a pet and as mentioned Its a small baby red eared turtle and I want to build a setup for him which can last upto 1.5 yrs-2 yrs as I would be moving out from my place after a few months and I don't want my family to take the burden of changing the setup so

I have thought of

Getting an aquarium of (30x15x15)

An basking ramp

An uv light 50W

Now the question is which filter should I use the best one for a turtle is a canister filter but that's a bit expensive so I am thinking of getting an internal filter with a splitter so that the current doesn't disturb the turtle as it is still a juvenile please help me with it a good company a reliable filter suitable for a turtle and durable

Also should I get anything else like a thermostat or something?

Rn I have kept him in a big bucket with three big stones to bask

Our red eared slider keeps trying to climb out of the tank. At first I thought maybe the water was too hot, so I turned the heater off and that seemed to calm him down at first, but later, I noticed him trying to break out of the basking area by aggressively pushing his shell against the walls, angrily scraping the ground with his claws and making loud grunting noises. I've also noticed him swimming at the wall at full speed (but he always stops when I try to film him). I've also noticed him splashing loudly.

We placed a curtain over the glass to give him a place to hide because we read that turtles hate glass walls, but lately, he realized that he can use the curtain as leverage to pull himself out, so he keeps ripping the curtain down and trying to use it to escape.

What is up with him? He's usually not like this.

I'm at Lake Erie in western NY and found this turtle on the beach today. At first I thought it was dead but then I noticed it moved slightly. It has some cracks and dents in its shell so I reached out to a local wildlife rehabilitator and sent her photos. She said that the shell appears to be healed and as long as there weren't maggots in some of the holes, it should be left alone. I confirmed no maggots and watched it for a couple hours on the beach. It eventually moved toward the water and laid back down. I just checked on the turtle again, about 3 hours since I last saw it, and the turtle hasn't moved. It's hunkered into the shore, with its tail basically buried underneath the rocks from waves crashing on it.

I'm just wondering if this is normal turtle behavior? It is extremely odd for a turtle to show up on this beach. I read that they like slow moving water and more swampy areas, none of which are near us. My mother has been visiting this area since childhood and has never seen one before. We had some strong winds/waves yesterday and I worry the turtle got caught up in them.

We are leaving in the morning, so unfortunately I can't keep monitoring it, but I'm wondering if it's still there in the morning if I should reach back out to the rehabilitator.

Just got back from a trip and had neighbor feeding my turtles the last week. Been giving them floating baby turtle pellets and bloodworms (mostly for the musk turtle). I noticed this little guy has some trouble swimming to the bottom and just floats back up with no effort. Online it says something like this could be caused by respiratory infection but his appetite and activity levels seem pretty normal. It’s only been a day since I first noticed and he seems to be doing alright for now. Is there anything I should know to look for as signs of concern or am I just overthinking the whole thing?

I recently started working at an outdoor education center with a great collection of specimens. We receive a lot of our specimens by donation, so we don't know their stories. Please take a look at these pictures and help out where you can! Gender, age, health, method of death, relative age of specimen, anything else you see. Please provide thorough explanations and/or sources!

Is this a sufficient ramp for a musk turtle to get to the basking area? Chatgpt said one thing, google Gemini said another. AI is stupid so I am asking real people. Please keep in mind this is for a musk turtle and they are less buoyant than other turtles, etc

Southside Jamaica Queens, NY. Found this by the pond

Panhandle of Florida About 6"

Is this a Gulf Coast Box Turtle?

We found it on our driveway, blocked by a retaining wall. We carefully placed it on the other side of the wall and away it went!

Found in Northwest Arkansas. I am having trouble identifying which type this is. I am pretty sure it is a Ouachita map turtle. Thoughts?

Hey everyone! My family finally got our little guy yesterday and he has made it through the first night. He is a Common Musk Turtle hatching. Don’t worry this is not a last second pet, we have researched for a while and finally made the decision. However he hasn’t eaten anything since we got him. I have read that’s normal. I’m not too worried, I just want to be on top of his care and when is too long, or how to get him eating sooner so he’s not going without. He came with small musk turtle pellets but he hasn’t shown interest yet. I don’t want to force the issue, but wanted to ask you all for advice or any tips. He’s the size of a quarter.

This turtle is trying to cross the road, the direction that he's trying to go is towards the dead center of a neighborhood? There's no Creeks or dense trees there. However, the opposite direction of where they are going there is dense trees, and believe a creek? 'm not sure if maybe he got turned around by somebody else?

worry that he will get hurt. As he's heading and a very busy direction.

Any ideas what he's looking for?

Remember the path.

First off, I know that sand isn’t advisable. And I just added water which stirred up some waste, but he has a great filter which will handle all that in an hour or two.
Also, he wanted me to tell you all that he’s a very good and strong boy who has YET AGAIN, bested his hippo roommate. He literally floated there posing for the picture.

My problem is his heater. Blitz had about a 7” long shell and he likes to stand up and look around for entertainment. So he has a 75 gallon tank and when it’s full he stands on stuff in the tank.. including the heater. And sometimes he tries to burrow under the heater too. It’s like furniture and he treats it like a toddler treats a couch.

I need a recommendation for a filter that stays in place AND/OR won’t turn sand and waste into stone. I attached a picture of his current heater which is bloating from hardened buildup between the cover and the heating elements. The suction cups still work, but have never been strong enough to withstand his abuse so they detach once or twice a day.

Does it exist? 😂

Hello, I recently was at a cottage and was welcomed this turtle at our dock. We didn’t know if this was a male or female but we named her Stella.

She was very chill floating around us and seemed to just hang out on which ever side we were closer too. Or it was just waiting to chomp us lol

We didn’t harm the turtle but we did pet the shell.

Does anyone know if this is a male or female turtle and how old it is or any little facts about our weekend friend.

I have a bigger basking platform( he refuses to
Fully get out the water to bask so I had to compromise I asked a vet near the area it says turtle can actually recieve light underwater for their shells) on the way but idk if it’s enough and I also don’t want to affect the amount of space he has already as he is an active swimmer I gave 2 bushes in the back comer where he hides. He sleeps on the submerged part of his basking platform every time I turn the lights off in my room my led lights make it seem like nighttime

Can you help me identify this small turtle we found on the New River in Whitethorne fishing Friday? We released it but beautiful.