Enclosure pictures

**sarah** · 28-10-2007, 09:19 AM

Please post all your pictures of set ups in here:

Tappers · 01-09-2008, 02:23 PM

Here is my Map turtle set up, currently housing a male False Map G. pseudogeographica and a female Ouachita Map G. ouachitensis. Both around 12 -15 cm scl.

Geomyda · 01-09-2008, 02:51 PM

Very nice set up!
It seems to tick all the boxes for an indoor set up. I like to see that you have fish with them as well.

Tappers · 01-09-2008, 03:58 PM

Thanks very much, I've had the Endlers livebearers (posh wild-type guppies!) in there for generations and they do really well, clearing up the crumbs and providing some behavioural enrichment. I've recently thinned them out and got back to a reasonable number - I took out about 200 fish! There's a couple of home-bred red swordtails in there too..

Mummy_Bob · 04-05-2009, 02:24 PM

What a GORGEOUS set up!
I'd love fish but my sliders would make a quick meal of them!

kellybibby · 15-08-2009, 12:38 AM

linda · 15-08-2009, 01:31 AM

lovely set ups

Kirkie · 18-10-2009, 11:21 PM

Here's the little set up I've done for the little chaps. It's a two foot by 15 inch plastic tub, very shallow water, they can reach the surface whilst standing on the bottom. Plenty of cover and lots of weed because I've read they spend their nursery years in dense weed cover.

The undersides of the bog wood and cork bark are mostly above the water level to give them lots of hiding places with access to the surface and I've put in a little bit of "land" which is a very shallow tub at water level filled with moss and weighted down with pebbles.

Light is just a low wattage Exo terra heat spot to about 28 degrees and the water is heated to 25-26 degrees C by a small heat mat placed under around a third of the underside of the tub (A idea borrowed from Mark Webb). Might add a Reptisun 2.0 tube for a better quality of light.

No filtration as the water is only about 2 centimetres deep so its regular water changes for now. I may use a small, low flow internal power filter on its side or attempt a small "Rom" filter when they can go a bit deeper!

The Mud's.

Geomyda · 19-10-2009, 08:05 AM

Looks good. Regular partial water change will be fine to keep the water conditions OK.
You could also add a couple of guppies, which do two things, at least. 1. Add interest.
2. They also pickup unwanted food particles, and stop the surface of the water forming an oily film.
Welcome to the wet ones, by the way!

chris_d · 28-10-2009, 02:18 AM

Wow I would love to get a turtle however don't they grow really big and are they similar to tortoises?

28-10-2007, 09:19 AM	#1
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15-08-2009, 12:38 AM	#6
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18-10-2009, 11:21 PM	#8
Kirkie Senior Member Adult Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4,887	Baby 3 Striped Mud Turtle setup Here's the little set up I've done for the little chaps. It's a two foot by 15 inch plastic tub, very shallow water, they can reach the surface whilst standing on the bottom. Plenty of cover and lots of weed because I've read they spend their nursery years in dense weed cover. The undersides of the bog wood and cork bark are mostly above the water level to give them lots of hiding places with access to the surface and I've put in a little bit of "land" which is a very shallow tub at water level filled with moss and weighted down with pebbles. Light is just a low wattage Exo terra heat spot to about 28 degrees and the water is heated to 25-26 degrees C by a small heat mat placed under around a third of the underside of the tub (A idea borrowed from Mark Webb). Might add a Reptisun 2.0 tube for a better quality of light. No filtration as the water is only about 2 centimetres deep so its regular water changes for now. I may use a small, low flow internal power filter on its side or attempt a small "Rom" filter when they can go a bit deeper! The Mud's.

01-09-2008, 02:23 PM	#2
Tappers Member Incubating Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Worcestershire Posts: 129	Here is my Map turtle set up, currently housing a male False Map G. pseudogeographica and a female Ouachita Map G. ouachitensis. Both around 12 -15 cm scl.

01-09-2008, 02:51 PM	#3
Geomyda Senior Member Adult Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Surrey Posts: 2,094	Very nice set up! It seems to tick all the boxes for an indoor set up. I like to see that you have fish with them as well.

01-09-2008, 03:58 PM	#4
Tappers Member Incubating Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Worcestershire Posts: 129	Thanks very much, I've had the Endlers livebearers (posh wild-type guppies!) in there for generations and they do really well, clearing up the crumbs and providing some behavioural enrichment. I've recently thinned them out and got back to a reasonable number - I took out about 200 fish! There's a couple of home-bred red swordtails in there too..

04-05-2009, 02:24 PM	#5
Mummy_Bob Junior Member Egg Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 6	What a GORGEOUS set up! I'd love fish but my sliders would make a quick meal of them!

15-08-2009, 01:31 AM	#7
linda Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: west midlands Posts: 17,134	lovely set ups

19-10-2009, 08:05 AM	#9
Geomyda Senior Member Adult Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Surrey Posts: 2,094	Looks good. Regular partial water change will be fine to keep the water conditions OK. You could also add a couple of guppies, which do two things, at least. 1. Add interest. 2. They also pickup unwanted food particles, and stop the surface of the water forming an oily film. Welcome to the wet ones, by the way!

28-10-2009, 02:18 AM	#10
chris_d Member Egg Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Manchester Posts: 54	Wow I would love to get a turtle however don't they grow really big and are they similar to tortoises?

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