75 gallon setup w / above tank basking area. Bask in the area are in glass and an old tortoise as a ramp to dock. This is a 100W Mega-Ray lamp (UVA / UVB) up there. Rena Filstar XP3 filter is there and there's a 400 gph powerhead. The heater is 250 watts. Turtle is a 1-year-old female red-eared slider measuring just over 4 inches. Fish in the tank are 2 Cory catfish and algae eaters 1 Chinese. The turtle does not care about these fish. Would zebra danios for a few months, but one after anotherthey have eaten. The fish are usually 25 to once a month. Turtle diet is mostly greens (lettuce, carrots, water, lentils, etc.) with occasional pellets. Once or twice a month, I throw in a piece of cuttlefish bone and she eats it in a few days. I drain half the tank every 2 weeks and clean the filter every two months. Feeding her peace in a separate container helps clean the water.
This is a small home aquarium filter for nano tanks (10 gallons). To find instructions for building the filter below: www.plantedtank.net and more photographs available at: picasaweb.google.com If you have questions, please email me at phil@bignews.biz
