Turtles in Pond!

[fishlover101]

Okay, so my friend needs help. She has an outdoor pond and has had some visitors. My friend is weird and sometimes feeds her fish some turtle feed stuff. Yeah that apperantly attracted to small turtles. Babies I expect. They are the sizes of quarters and we have identified them as sliders of some sort. I know this is a fish site so here goes. My friend has decided to protect these babies that we assum were ordered from a site and placed in the pond. My friend wants to know it to Sliders would fit in her empy 29 gallon tank. Please help!

 

[Nomadu571]

They would be fine in a 29gallon for a few years. Eventually sliders either red or yellow eared get quite big, dinner plate size is the largest I've seen. They need specialist care also such as lighting and heating, including a basking spot. There's threads on here already about turtle setups, so have a quick search, I've given alot of advice recently to new turtle owners and others interested so there are threads here. The main point of your post however; yeah they shud b fine for a few years.

 

[Darth Sorcerer]

Can't see why not.

 

[Coursair]

Okay, so my friend needs help. She has an outdoor pond and has had some visitors. My friend is weird and sometimes feeds her fish some turtle feed stuff. Yeah that apperantly attracted to small turtles. Babies I expect. They are the sizes of quarters and we have identified them as sliders of some sort. I know this is a fish site so here goes. My friend has decided to protect these babies that we assum were ordered from a site and placed in the pond. My friend wants to know it to Sliders would fit in her empy 29 gallon tank. Please help!

They grow fast and are very messy. A 29 is ok for maybe 2 or 3 for now. Major filtration and at least 5.0 UV for sunlight and a heat bulb for basking. Dry pull out area and not too deep at first if they are hatchlings.

40Breeders are a better size, long better than tall.
Or use a trough or big tough Rubbermaid.

Google to ID or post pics.

Water turtles are cool, but harder to raise right than most realize

 

[Coursair]

And Years in a 29g ??? I respectfully disagree.

 

[Nomadu571]

And Years in a 29g ??? I respectfully disagree.

Yeah they would be fine for a while, I think your overestimating how fast turtles grow, but whatever I'm not here to have a dispute.

 

[jkdubs2]

Yeah they would be fine for a while, I think your overestimating how fast turtles grow, but whatever I'm not here to have a dispute.

It would be helpful for the op to post a pic to better ID the turtles and can see how fast they grow depending on type of turtle. But I agree with nomad that a 29g would be good for the 2 turts for a couple years with proper equipment and filtration. Most turts will only grow a few inches in a few years and sliders are mature at 5years of age. Sliders do grow quicker than most tho. Obviously they will need to be upgraded so do it sooner rather than later. As for water depth it depends on the turtle. Sliders are good swimmers like maps and as long as there is an easily accessible basking area you can prolly fill the tank as much as you'd like if you have an above tank basking area that prevents escape. My baby ouachita maps are in a full 55g and do great. They love the swimming room. just research them and find out their specific needs.

 

[Nomadu571]

It would be helpful for the op to post a pic to better ID the turtles and can see how fast they grow depending on type of turtle. But I agree with nomad that a 29g would be good for the 2 turts for a couple years with proper equipment and filtration. Most turts will only grow a few inches in a few years and sliders are mature at 5years of age. Sliders do grow quicker than most tho. Obviously they will need to be upgraded so do it sooner rather than later. As for water depth it depends on the turtle. Sliders are good swimmers like maps and as long as there is an easily accessible basking area you can prolly fill the tank as much as you'd like if you have an above tank basking area that prevents escape. My baby ouachita maps are in a full 55g and do great. They love the swimming room. just research them and find out their specific needs.

In all of this anyway we have not asked how many? Lol the op says turtles and "babies" but not how many? One or two will b ok, but more than that and they would need more room and equipment, probably more than can be handled properly.

 

[jkdubs2]

In all of this anyway we have not asked how many? Lol the op says turtles and "babies" but not how many? One or two will b ok, but more than that and they would need more room and equipment, probably more than can be handled properly.

I think they said two small turtles but spelled it wrong and put to small turtles. Just a guess.

 

[Nomadu571]

I think they said two small turtles but spelled it wrong and put to small turtles. Just a guess.

Think your right.

 

[fishlover101]

Yeah there are two, I spelled it wrong because i was on my Iphone but if there was just one in the 29 gallon tank would it be okay or would he be lonely. We think that one of them is sick. We aren't sure though.. he doesnt like to retract his legs fast. I think she might keep them for a year or so... we have identified them as red eared sliders... also another friend has ased what turtles would fit well in a 29 gallon tank even at full size... she might trade them in at her local pet store. we don't want to put them back out into the outdoor pond due to the saftey of her smaller fish and the turtles.

 

[jkdubs2]

Yeah there are two, I spelled it wrong because i was on my Iphone but if there was just one in the 29 gallon tank would it be okay or would he be lonely. We think that one of them is sick. We aren't sure though.. he doesnt like to retract his legs fast. I think she might keep them for a year or so... we have identified them as red eared sliders... also another friend has ased what turtles would fit well in a 29 gallon tank even at full size... she might trade them in at her local pet store. we don't want to put them back out into the outdoor pond due to the saftey of her smaller fish and the turtles.

Honestly I prolly wouldn't keep any turtle in a 29g permanently. Go to turtlesource.com there is lots of info there.

 

[ashleynicole]

Why not just leave the turtles in the outdoor pond?

 

[fishlover101]

Well we have designed the pond only for fish and we don't want them getting to close to some of the smaller fish in the pond because those are her show fish when she enters real estate contests. Also she has already had a few fish missing before she found them so we don't know we have a sort of wire towards the open side of the pond so predators can't get in

 

[jkdubs2]

Well we have designed the pond only for fish and we don't want them getting to close to some of the smaller fish in the pond because those are her show fish when she enters real estate contests. Also she has already had a few fish missing before she found them so we don't know we have a sort of wire towards the open side of the pond so predators can't get in

Is the top of the pond open? Like if birds tried to nab the fish? Depending on the size of the turtles if they are still babies I doubt they would have been able to catch the fish or would have even gone after them. But ya if it's a fish only pond I'd keep it that way otherwise you'd eventually loose some. If it was more of a natural pond with lake fish or river fish in it id say you'd be ok when the turts got bigger to put them in during the summer because that would be an ideal living space for them. But if it's a show pond I wouldn't obviously.

 

[Darth Sorcerer]

Turtles Eat Fish! If you have fish that you don't want to go missing,Get rid of the Turtles!

 

[jkdubs2]

Turtles Eat Fish! If you have fish that you don't want to go missing,Get rid of the Turtles!

Obviously. It's a show pond. That's why op was asking about the tank.