Turtle Tub

[Vicious_Fish]

Just thought I'd share a few pics of my yearling Musk Turtles new setup. It's made from a cheap Rubbermaid tub. I find that these make excellent water turtle enclosures because they are very inexpensive and they don't have tight, hard corners like aquariums. My turtle's old tub was green so I decided to try a transparent one. The Tub is a 40 gallon filled about 3/4 of the way up. My filter system is a Rena Filstar XP-1 canister filter. I also do a 50% water change once a week.

 

[Dangerdoll]

That is cool, I love it!

 

[legendaryfrog]

Great setup! Im sure it cleans easily too!

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Great setup! Im sure it cleans easily too!

Thanks, and yes it's easy as heck to clean! All I got to do is take the rocks out and I can take it outside to hose out. Plus if it gets too scummy I can just buy a new one. I think that tub cost me $9 bucks at Wal-mart.

 

[Kentanner11]

I would recomend either putting a strap/rope around the tub or framing it with wood, with the way it is bowing it doesnt look like its gonna hold lol. I really like the set up!

 

[Sooner_Reefer]

That's realy cool.
Rubbermaid and poly tanks are truly amazing for animals/fish that can be viewed as a top down type view.

 

[Vicious_Fish]

I would recomend either putting a strap/rope around the tub or framing it with wood, with the way it is bowing it doesnt look like its gonna hold lol. I really like the set up!

I was kind of thinking that too. I might get a few pieces of steel and solder them together and make a nice frame. So far so good. This is the first time I've used a transparent tub, they seem to bow more than the other type of plastics the solid colored ones come in.

 

[evilxyardxgnome]

I have always loved your Turtle Tub Seth! Good work, as always.

 

[Vicious_Fish]

My first attempt at shooting video with my new camera.

 

[Sploke]

Nice, I've used different types of tubs for turtles, and I'd agree with building some sort of frame around it to prevent bowing.