General Care Discussion :: turtles and current

[MTski]

My tank is pretty large and my turtles only 3.5 inches lol but i have a small current going around my tank (i have a fluval FX5) and i was just wondering if the current would make my turtle unconfortable.... thank you

[spaceapple]

RES naturally live in rivers, so they should have no problems with a current. It's my understanding that it can sometimes disturb very small turtles, but with the size of yours they should be fine.

[Daniel3507]

i have an fx5 in my tank and i just pointed the outputs at the glass. there is still a current so the water moves but its not overwhelmingly strong

[erinemcgreevy]

Murphy is the same size as your turtle and I frequently see him ridding the waves of the current; I think he quit enjoys the current from his filter.

[MTski]

Thank you!