I have a 20gal long turtle tank how big till i have to put him in a biger tank ?

Question

he is 1inch and a half

Answer 1

General rule of thumb for any aquatic turtle is 10 gallons per inch of carapace length. Might want to start saving up for a 50 or 75 or even 100 gallon tank or pond.

Answer 2

well people usually say that you should have 20 gallons per inch of turtle

Answer 3

He cannot live in a 20L his entire life.... unless you want it to die early and become stunted.

When he becomes about 5-6 inches you'll want to upgrade to a 30-40gal breeder tank - which it can then live in for life.

Probably a year or so.  

Answer 4

You figure by within a yr if he eats alot of fish and greens and 8 to 10 hrs of basking..he will need a bigger tank by then.

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The bigger the environment the bigger the healthier the turtle. Remember 10 gallons for every inch of turtle. I have used kiddy pools and plastic pond liners from most nurseries and worked great.

Did you know that they need to bask under a reptile light UVA/UVB for 8 to 10 hrs a day for the vitamin D that they need to grow. So that means getting a turtle dock also.

Leave the heater on 75 to 78 degrees always.

Their water needs to be clean otherwise they get sick easily from dirty water cause they p**p allot.

Total Body length: 5-8" average, up to 12 inches max. Life span: 15-25+ years

Males have the longer front nails and are used in mating. And are considered mature at about 5 yrs old. You can’t start sexing till about  3” across.

You need a good filter system! Gravel larger than they can swallow.

You need to feed them feeder guppies, goldfish or minnows for protein and calcium daily drop 20 or so in the tanks and watch them disappear in a few days!

This way when they swim for their dinner they get exercise also!

They sleep at the bottom of rivers, streams. lakes or ponds or your tank to avoid predators like coyotes,  foxes, owls, hawks, possums, raccoons and even some wide mouth bass.

TOSS in a bird cuttle bone in the water for calcium. it will dissolve real slow and if they eat it that’s fine!!

They can have garden worms, meal worms, crickets, flies, crayfish small frogs, dragon flies and  anything that moves only as a treat.

They need leafy greens Romaine, Butter lettuce. (Iceberg and cabbage are bad for them, any other leafy greens will do) for vitamin A that they need at least 3 to 4 times a week.

You probably already know that they get sick easily, shell rot, respiratory sickness, lopsided swimming, coughing, blowing bubbles from their nose.

**Swollen cloudy eyes means lacking in Vitamin A. Which we all need for good eyes. Google ‘vegetables with Vitamin A.

I wish you luck.

Answer 5

Wait! How does anyone know how big a tank this guy needs? He didn't even say what kind of turtle he has. He may have a small turtle that can live in a 20g or he may have a huge one that will need a pond.

I  know he said it was a inch and a half, but that could be both a baby and subadult.

What kind of turtle is it?

Answer 6

He can live in there his whole life, that is a fine size tank. If he grows to be like 10 inches you might want to get a 30-40 gallon tank but he should be fine in the 20 gallon tank. Good Luck!

Answer 7

omg i have two turtles there were in a tiny little island thingy and i got them a ten gallen tank and they grew out of it in like two months like the first  week i put them in there they started getting bigger good luck