55 Gallon with 2 Western Painted Turtle's - Aquarium Advice

Stat · 03-27-2009, 06:51 PM

Stats include
Marineland Magnum 350 Canister Filter.
Zoo Med Medium Sized Floating Rock.
Zoo Med Slider Turtle Light with 2 Spot lights and an 18 inch UVB bulb. This tank has been truely Entertaining to say the least the turtles are very lively.

new2betas · 03-29-2009, 08:04 AM

Hi Stat...I think I see the turtles in the upper left side of tank. I bet it is entertaining....hey, where in NC are you located? I am near Winston Salem and Lexington. Love to find other aquarium people in my area!

Stat · 03-29-2009, 10:17 AM

Ya sorry about that they are kinda hard to see here is a picture of them hot off the presses. Ya I live in lexington.
Do you do Salt. It would be nice to to know someone close by who did saltwater.

new2betas · 03-29-2009, 10:23 AM

How cute they are....no I don't do salt. My twin brother and I lived at the coast growing up and had a 10g saltwater tank. Of course we knew nothing of how to really keep a tank at age 14, but it was fun just the same. We would catch stuff out of the ocean and put it in there and watch em. I probably will not attempt a saltwater tank, as I don't have an unlimited source of income...lol....to me it would be too hard to lose some of that expensive livestock. Who knows though, maybe someday in the future I will turn my 55g into a sw tank, but no time soon.

I am in Welcome, which is right outside Lexington. I am glad to know there are other aquarists in the local area!!

I also have a 29g tank with two dwarf puffers, and a 10g grow out tank with about 16 baby angels. Amongst other smaller tanks in kid's rooms.

Stat · 03-29-2009, 10:34 AM

Well I have the 10 gallon tank with gold fish and 20 gallon tank with tropical. I am going to combine those 2 into a 55 gallon tired of cleaning both of those small tanks. Going to get a canister for them it Really cuts down on the maintance.
Then I have the 55 gallon Turtle tank and I just started my 90 gallon salt. So I am really having fun. Salt can be expensive but I think also the most fun. I have about $400 in my setup that I bought from craigslist. Setup is time consuming though and you gotta be patient.

new2betas · 03-29-2009, 10:52 AM

Very cool....have you been to Maw and Paw's in Winston? They have some nice livestock and they are getting ready to start a huge saltwater tank in there...I think it is a 190-225g tank, can't remember right off hand. Should be setting it up soon, though.

Stat · 03-29-2009, 10:59 AM

I have been there a couple of times. Will be nice maybe when I get ready to stock my tank I can get my fish from there. I like to support my local stores. I still gotta buy my live rock though. Right now I just got a tank full of water=). Waiting on next payday hehe.

new2betas · 03-29-2009, 11:05 AM

LOL. Very good. Good luck with it! I also like to support my local stores and the owners there are super nice!

proarcher12 · 10-19-2009, 10:06 PM

so in your 55 gallon aquarium you have 2 turtles. will they out grow that tank

i have had tropical fish all of my life, and i wanted to start a turtle tank in my 55 gallon aquarium, i was wondering how to do this and what turtles to put in it and how many

Stat · 10-20-2009, 04:55 PM

Yes Since christmas of last year they have doubled in size. I am going to look into a corner 75 or 90 if i can find one it will add depth and allow for thier continueing growth. I am not sure what type of turtles you would want. I know red ear sliders get as big as a dinner plate {my brother has one and its almost twice the size of my painted turtles) I am hopeing my eastern painteds do not get that big. I would get 1 no more than 2 and realize that they will get big fairly quickly. I have the largest floating turtle dock that I can find and it barley holds the 2 of them.