Habitat - Indoor :: new tank

[chefglue]

hi i just bought a 46 gal tall tank for my res and was wondering if anybody had some pics of their setup in the same kind of tank

[steve]

I think most people avoid tall tanks, so I'm not sure you'll find many responses for the same tank.

[chefglue]

why do people avoid tall tanks

[taylor_a]

Because turtles are more likely to swim horizontally than vertically (less exercise in a tall tank is what that means!), so in a tall tank it's likely that 10 gallons per inch of shell length is swayed.

[chefglue]

my turtle is only about 5 inches big right now so the tank should be good for now plus the tank only coast me 40 bucks

[Kurtni]

my turtle is only about 5 inches big right now so the tank should be good for now plus the tank only coast me 40 bucks

It will be ok for now, but now changes rather quickly with growing turtles, and if you keep buying tanks to suit them "now" instead of for future growth, it can get rather expensive.

[mat012]

I bought a 70 tall. I just didnt have four feet of floor space for a larger tank and wanted to get as many gallons as I could. I will post pictures soon. Just havent had time in the past few days. My turt is still tiny (2"). He loves the space, especially since I put the basking platform on. He doesnt bask, still! but it provided some shelter and privacy. So he likes being underneath it. But I have wondered if he is a little disoriented. He doesnt seem to find his food as well as he did in the smaller tank.