My new miss map turtle set up :D

[Josh Charteris 92]

Had this set up for only a few days now, not sure on the age of my turts rekon at about 4 months, correct me if I'm wrong. Would love to know the sex of them if there is any way of telling from these pics too . What do you guys think of my dock? home grown bamboo and home made





































Post yours here too

[mariekni]

one of them is a false map turtle.

he's a pic tto help you tell.

[Graham]

Actually they're both Falsies, apart from lacking the yellow crescent, they both have eye bars which Miss Maps typically lack.

Otherwise the setup looks pretty good, water looks rather cloudy though, what filter are you using? You could fill the tank up a lot more than you have, greater volume will help to maintain water quality.

They're far to young to sex.

[Josh Charteris 92]

I have a fluval 3 plus filter, the water is only cloudy because the filter's current washes the sand around a the back, the quality fo the water is fine and dead clear from the the front.

[Graham]

Clear water is not neccessarily clean, do you test it? Toxins such as Ammonia and Nitrite are also colourless, so if they were present you wouldn't know just from a visual inspection.

[Josh Charteris 92]

yeah its been tested, its only been running about 4 days if that, they seem fine too, skittish at the mo but thats expected as they r only bubs.

[Josh Charteris 92]

Also these pic's were taken a day or so ago, th water is clearer than this and the bad camera doesnt help , from these pics it looks quitemuddy but thats just due to the reflection of the sand I think.

[Graham]

If the water is only 4 days old then it would test OK, just keep testing it every week and keep a record of the results, you'll probably find over a period of time that the small internal filter doesn't cope well, and will need to change to a larger external cannister filter.

[Josh Charteris 92]

It should do for a while thougth? Its only a 20 gallon (80litre) tank whereas the filter was built for a muhc larger tank at around 130 litres..... I'l be upgradeing tank in the new year so will be getting an external then.

[Graham]

The problem with internal filters is that they simply don't have the neccessary biomedia capacity to deal with turt waste, as I said test regularly and keep a record, that will soon tell you if the filter is coping or not. You should be testing for Ammonia, Nitrite, and Nitrate BTW.