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Old 11-10-2013, 03:06 PM   #10
ClareandCo
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A Common Musk as has been said. A relief indeed that s/he will not reach 12"!

Difficult to gauge the size, but sub-adults to not necessarily do well in deep water. 4" could well be deep enough.

A good filter will still be needed, and I would remove the gravel as Musks in particular like to wander along the bottom of the tank - hence the reference to them a "bottom walkers". A bare bottomed tank will be fine or else some well washed through playsand. They can also unintentionally eat the gravel.

This should help:

http://www.terrapin-info.co.uk/musks.php
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