razorback musk turtle tank

batmna003

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Here is my turtles tank what do you think? Its a 29gal, just waiting a couple weeks to add some live plants. Any advice is appreciated.
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I wish I could help .I don't know anything about musk turtles but here is a bump.
 

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I'm sorry that I can't help also. I'm also interest in musk turtles. Especially the Log head Musk turtles. I love to see where I can order 3 of them??
 

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Looks good, I do have some advice for th next upgrade. They are not strong swimmers, they prefer more shallow waters, a tank with more surface area, and less depth would be ideal, but nothing really wrong with this one.
 

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Wow, I love your basking platform. Does he have UVB?
I agree, musk's like to 'climb' their way to the surface, too, so maybe a couple fake logs would help him.
Your tank is pretty deep, but it's great. Plants would be awesome, just do some looking about, because that's a tricky subject :p
 

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Looks good, I do have some advice for th next upgrade. They are not strong swimmers, they prefer more shallow waters, a tank with more surface area, and less depth would be ideal, but nothing really wrong with this one.
I thought Razorback Musks were actually pretty good swimmers...?
 

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Next weekend i will be getting some live plants, and a uv light, and possibly some drift wood for climbing on. Thank you for all the advice. From my research razorback musk turtle are supposed to be good swimmers, common musk turtle not so much. He love his tank ans i see him swim all over.
 

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I've never kept musk turtles, but I think they have the cutest faces!:)
 

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Man I never understand you... You never use the Latin names.. But for musk turtles this enclosure need some more supplies.. Make some more plants into the enclosure and some more rocks musk turtles aren't the best swimmers so they need things which they help to climb up and to swim also this things help to protect themselves.
 

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Oh somebody wrote that yet... Sorry
 

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How's your musk-y doing?
As others have said, adding live plants and driftwood etc will help make his tank more fun for him and for you. Razorbacks are better swimmers than common musks, but they still like to climb to the surface most of the time over swimming to the surface, though some razorbacks will almost exclusively swim instead of climb. Also, while a 29 gal is the minimum requirement, I would suggest getting him into at least a 40 gal, that way he has more space to explore and you have more space to put the driftwood plants etc in so the tank doesn't become overcrowded by all the decorations, needed or otherwise.
 
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