Hello everyone !!
sorry I have not been on here for a while.
Spending alot of time potty training my 3 year old son and setting up the new tank. I got a 55 gallon from somebody who had one that they were not using so they gave it to me . Very nice people. I got it set up, I have 3 filters going in it ! yes 3. I have a aqua tech reg fish filter that is for up to a 60 gallon, then I have a repto filter and a submersable supreme 400 canister filter. I figured wouldnt hurt to use them all. got a slim line fully submersable 200 watt filter, I put a bubble wall in it this time and since it was so big i couldnt do the water fall i had set up in the 10 so i just made a little rock bridge thing ( put 2 sides up then just put 1 across the top of the 2 ) . I had bought some feeder guppies and put them in . there was 6 and now there is 4 and has been 4 for a long time. I dont think he can catch them yet. but hey he is getting alot of exercise! he is now eatting his pellets. He actually loves them now. so he is eating great compared to when we first got him and he would only eat plankton. oh and I got the dock and lights up in the tank to. I will post pictures as soon as i can get some good ones. Kermie is still used to me he comes and greets me as soon as I walk over . I hand feed him his treats so he gets used to me. I cleaned out my turtle sand box we had and filled it up and put rocks in it and put kermie out in the sun. He just loved it !! my son just thought it was cute that he was a baby turtle in a big turtle. My dog still is jealous of kermie. Everytime we go over to the tank to feed him or what ever as soon as we talk the dog comes over and jumps up and looks in the side and scares the heck out of kermie! our dog is an 80 pound big dog so kermie sees this big black monster appear!! everything is going great since you guys helpd me out with everything, unlike my best friend who got the turtle for us. she had 3 kids so she got 3 . the kid are 9, 6 and 2.
I passed along all the info you guys gave me and what the pet shop did to. Told her about the tank , the lights, the filters, heater, I even told her about this site and how much you guys have helped me. Well for some reason she was not to worried about what i said becuse she had a cousin who had 2 turtles and she knew what she was doing. First she argued that she didnt need a heater, then she said that the sspecial uvb lights were crap and a house hold bulb was good and that you turn the lights on at night and turn them off during the day !!! i know ??? what??? I told her first why would you do that when you want to make it just like it is outside. She finally said ok I see your point and without saying anything she went and got a heater and a uvb light bulb on E BAY. well next thing I know she calls the kids are all crying mommie killed our turtles! She said that the guy said he pre set the auto set heater so she wouldnt have to so she just put the heater in and didn't check it for about 2 hours or so later. well she cooked them !!!! when she came in she said her 2 year old asked her why all thier heads were stuck in why they wouldnt come out . she then noticed that they were dead. she checked the waters temp ( so i guess she didnt have the thermometer up like i said) and it said that it was 110 degrees. When I asked what she set the thermometer at she then said the guy did but in the same sentence she said it was bran new never opened. who knows what it was set on and me knowing from having fish aquariums no matter what you set it on you still check it constintly to make sure it is working right. Well i guess now she knows! well once again thanks alot for your help everyone, AT least my kermie is still here from you guys helping ! I felt so bad for the kids they were heart broken. so I will post pics as soon as i can. michele
