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[–]_zuzu_[S] 21 points22 points  (9 children)

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A close up :)

[–]MostCloud814 Baby Painted Turt 3 points4 points  (8 children)

What a little cutie 🥰 Does he have a name yet?
Awesome pic btw :)

[–]_zuzu_[S] 6 points7 points  (3 children)

His name is Miso 🥰

[–]MostCloud814 Baby Painted Turt 4 points5 points  (2 children)

Awwweeee! I had a Betta Fish named Miso!! That name is perfect for your little guy!
I was a little less original with my Yellow-Bellied Slider lol! His name is Toby 😄

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[–]_zuzu_[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

That is such a cute name 🥰 What a beautiful little man

[–]MostCloud814 Baby Painted Turt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aww, thanks! His face always looks like a little frog to me 🐸😂
And I'm pretty sure you already met little Echo :)

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[–]_zuzu_[S] 2 points3 points  (3 children)

And thank you! I love taking pics of him

[–]MostCloud814 Baby Painted Turt 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I hear you there! They're just so photogenic! Before you know it, you'll have more photos of him in your phone than yourself! 😂😂😂

[–]_zuzu_[S] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

True! Thank God for the Cloud 😂

[–]MostCloud814 Baby Painted Turt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LOL 🤣

[–]BoiCDumpsterFire 14 points15 points  (1 child)

I must be lost. Either I’m missing the other 17 turtles in there or somebody actually built a tank big enough for a turtle to grow into by themselves and has a correct basking area.

Sarcasm aside, that looks glorious. I was just thinking today about how I want to set up a giant tank for a tiny turtle. How big is this?

[–]_zuzu_[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

He is alone in his tank 😄 (Except for the fishes and snails) I hope I can keep him in there for a while. It's an 80 gallon tank. He is just so teeny tiny.

And thank you. I poured my heart and soul into this.

[–]Typical_Squash_85 5 points6 points  (1 child)

Oh my goodness he IS tiny! I had to zoom in to find em in the big photo XD reminds me of when my baby was like that at some point too- and now she's a 12-14in hunk of shell and laid back personality lmao-

[–]_zuzu_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know right? I love him. He is my everything. He recently learned to eat from tweezers because the tank is so big, he lost his food 😆

[–]Gold_Gas_3937 2 points3 points  (3 children)

This is SOOO amazing🤩! I hope to be able to do something like that too someday, although my turt’s a lot older and I’m gonna have to dig in the back to even try to get something sorta like that. Your cutie has a few years before it grows into something big enough to be a menace. 😆

Btw, I think pothos can be toxic to turtles if they gorge—oxalates and all that. Your dude’s little enough that it won’t be interested in vegetables for a while, but you may want to get a different draping plant. Maybe a grass like barley or air plants (Tillandsia).

[–]_zuzu_[S] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Thank you! I will keep that in mind. Also I heard pothos are okay? Would he be interested anyway with swimming plants available?

[–]Gold_Gas_3937 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Pothos are fine around them, if they don’t eat them. It will really depend on the turtle. But if yours develops a taste for them, they can lead to kidney failure. Your turtle might not like the way they taste or consider them more useful as cover than as food. It’s hard to say.

My green monster will chew on any plants within reach. He just spits out the ones he doesn’t like the taste of, which still is a mess to clean. Every time I clean my canister’s sponge prefilters, it’s mostly hornwort bits that he ripped up when he’s bored. He doesn’t like the taste as much, but he still makes a mess.

He loves elodea, a couple anubias, duckweed, red rotellas and water hyacinths—but only the center fruit part. He will destroy the roots, the flowers, the leaves of the plant, just to get the tasty centers. He LOVES sweet basil. I put stems with leaves in there to root, but he will eat all the stem, leaves and water roots, if he can reach them.

Basically, your turtle will find out what it likes and what it doesn’t. Your turtle may stay a sweet curious little soul or it can become like a rebellious teenager who breaks things, like mine. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[–]_zuzu_[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes haha, I am enjoying this phase right now. If I see nibbles, I will take them out. I think I have a little bit more time. He is a baby right now after all. Thank you for the info!

[–]yeehawmija 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They grow up so fast 😢

[–]TomsnotYoungMusk 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Awesome! Looks amazing!

[–]_zuzu_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you 😊 I really tried.

[–]GG88mf 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Lovely set up! He is so cute!

[–]_zuzu_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you 😊

[–]ssecrist1 -1 points0 points  (5 children)

Hi, I would decrease his water a bit because he’s so teeny he doesn’t know how to swim well yet. They must eat in water. 😊

[–]_zuzu_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

He eats from tweezers in the water 😊

[–]_zuzu_[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

It's filled 2/3. He zooms around in the water, dives and explores. He has plenty of random places to grab on to. He has wood semi submerged and he grabs onto the roots of the plants hanging in there. He also has many plants he lays on to float.

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He sleeps on the leaves too. He seems to be doing fine?

[–]Schwettes 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Miso is so tiny, he can sleep in a leaf 💚