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    Baby turtle in big tank

    What kind of turtle? Slides/cooters/maps are all good with as much water as you will give them. As long as you provide a place or places for them to cling to plants or rocks near the surface you can't give them too much. For mud/musk turtles you can stay a little smaller. But with sliders...
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    Rescued Florida Soft Shell Turtle Lake Isabella California

    @Markw84 @Yvonne G Would y'all recommend putting in some filter/pool sand in part or all of the stock tank so it can burrow in and feel more secure? Or should that wait until the plastron is more under control as far as fungus/sores?
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    Sleeping Turtles

    Ya its interesting to think about what it is that THEY sense when that happens. When the aquatic turtles wake up, its never me tapping on the glass or anything like that. I bend to look at them and they just know. I'm guessing something about the way the other fish/turtles in the tank start...
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    Sleeping Turtles

    Good evening! How often do y'all notice your turtles sleeping? At night, during the day, doesn't matter. With all my previous turtles (Southern painted, razorback musk, Mississippi map, giant mexican musk) I noticed them sleep pretty rarely except when I came up to them late at night when the...
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    Shell Dimple/Dent

    Luckily no. He was in a different part of the house and had been since we got home and I saw the 4 turtles in the tank.
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    Shell Dimple/Dent

    I didn't notice anything when they fell. Its possible that it was because I was so surprised to see a 1" long turtle in the middle of the floor with my 1 year old running around I didn't take the time I normally would to do a full inspection. But I've never noticed anything before in terms of...
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    Shell Dimple/Dent

    Hi all, I noticed this morning that one of my Rio Grande cooters has a decent dimple or dent in its shell. It looks like the center line was just pushed off to their left side. It is one of 4 in the tank and none of the others show this at all. The other 3 have normal, symmetric, high-domed...
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    Rio Grande Cooters sexing?

    Hi all, I'm curious about sexing rio grande cooters. Generally turtles/tortoises can't be sexed until a few years of age. I noticed among my 4 Rio Grande cooters, two are quite a bit larger than the others. The large ones have relatively flat plastrons while the smaller ones have a relatively...
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    Above-tank basking areas, esp DIY

    I like the black 1" square, you can plan it to only have slots on the sides you use, or just get it with the slots all the way around which is what I do. The silver (non-anodized) is a bit cheaper, and looks good. I just like the sleek black look. I set it on top of the aquarium, but mine don't...
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    Above-tank basking areas, esp DIY

    I assembled mine, but the parts I measured the lengths of aluminum we needed and purchased it from 8020.net https://8020.net/ The extruded aluminum: https://8020.net/framing-options/t-slotted-profiles/fractional/10series100basedprofiles.html The flat plates...
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    Above-tank basking areas, esp DIY

    I've seen several of the plastic light diffuser held together areas work. I've really liked the look of the extruded aluminum with acrylic panels on mine. Its a little pricier, but the assembly is dead simple. Its 8020.net parts. It helps that my aquarium has ~1" thick edges rather than the...
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    What Is The Best Turtle Species?

    Order was the level I was thinking of. I've never been good at keeping the philogeny stuff straight. Isn't that part consistent regardless of the local terminology?
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    What Is The Best Turtle Species?

    I'm pretty sure it's all tortoises are turtles but not all turtles are tortoises. Tortoises are a pretty small sub section of the turtle family or whatever is above family in that whole philogeny thing.
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    What Is The Best Turtle Species?

    My razor back musk is the only turtle that when I pick up she sticks her head out and tries to get at my fingers. They're such a delight.
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    What Is The Best Turtle Species?

    Are you generally looking into native non-native or don't care?
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