Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2016 7:31 pm Re: Is my turtle growing too fast?
These three are together right now for another 3 months anyhow until I feel the two albinos are about 3 1/2 to 4 inches before I have them in their medium sized waterland tub outside. The three here is the male and female albino red ear sliders and the hybino red ear slider (unknown sex yet. They are in a seventy five gallon tank inside, UVB and UVA lighting , canister filtration system , and floating dock and drift wood. A pretty simple set up similar to yours yet looks attractive.and like you, I keep some fish in there, fancy tail guppies, red tail shark, some golden snails just to control some of the debris that goes to the bottom and control algae control naturally. I know the fish are a bit expensive for feeder fish anyways but I did not want to buy cheap feeder fish since a lot of them have fish diseases before a person gets them and less looked after by the producers , wholesalers and even the pet shops. By doing this, it is a extra piece of mind for my turtles that they do not get fish diseases is all. My hybino is the only one that I seen inside that actually managed to grab one of baby fancy tail guppies . For the most part believe it or not, these little ones have very little interest in chasing or eating the fish and happy on there scheduled daily feedings during their simulated day time hours.
Then I have my huge hypo red ear slider female and I have another large normal adult that I think the previous owner missexed that one and I need to sex it myself yet. It is to big to be a male and I assume a female. They are both huge and my other female hypo is posted on the other thread. She is gorgeous. The normal, I am waiting for a friend to come over that has a permit for normal red ear sliders as normal's are illegal here unfortunately however so I am sort of speak babysitting it at the moment. It is a rescue and I want to make sure it can go to someone legally and someone of course with experience. The two large red ear sliders are in a natural set up in a large waterland tub with a canister filtration system in both a shaded area and they receive natural uvb and uva which they enjoy The albinos will be outside to soon but in a bit more shaded area of course in their own waterland tub. By that time, the Daytona show will be here and more than likely I will be getting a few more small turtle morphs to raise in the seventy five gallon with the hybino. So yes the three small ones I have now are together and my two big ones are together outside too. I am one of the fortunate turtle keepers that have not had dominance, aggressive or territorial issues as of yet and I am keeping my fingers crossed on that. If any one of them does, of course it would be instant separation with not wanting any of them hurt.
Confirmed Sexed Pair of Albino Red Ear Sliders, Baby Albino and Hybino Red Ear Slider and Adult Normal Male Red Ear Slider
The amount fed does not seem bad at all.