Photo Gallery :: Meet Carlo...

[dwnb]

This is Carlo's home:

20 gallons (soon to be 90!)
I should have more water, but right now his tank is propped up with 2 dictionaries (he'll be well-read!) because the filter couldn't fit on the shelf properly. I move in less than 3 weeks and then he'll have a 90 gallon with lots of water and hopefully more plants, river rocks, etc!
These are Carlo's friends[eventually food]:

rosy-red minnows
This is Carlo:

He's clearly impressed.

Now his shell:
In the water his shell looks fine, except for on two parts where it looks dry. I took him out to take these pictures and noticed his shell is super dark and then his carapace got really dry:

here's his plastron:


Also: when I took him out and started giving him a little belly rub and head rub he stuck his head out and opened his mouth. It was adorable, even if he was trying to bite me.

[Turtle Mummy 101]

Cute, but you need to raise the water level in that tank ALOT. He needs as much room/water as possible to swim. Raise that water level as much as you can and leave a several inches at the top so he can't climb out. When you get your 90gal do the same. Other than that though everything looks great!!

[dwnb]

I filled the water as much as I could with this Zilla tank and he seems to be livin' it up.
Do you have any thoughts on his shell? I'm constantly worrying about it.

[rsour24]

to me it looks like he just needs to shed

[marisa]

It looks like he's been doing some growing---the seam on the carapace is rather wide and dark.

[dwnb]

It looks like he's been doing some growing---the seam on the carapace is rather wide and dark.

This is a good thing, yes? Should I be concerned about the darkness?

[AllTheCandies]

awwwwwe! tiny baby Carlo! Mine are about the same size.