Richard Lunsford's 75 Gallon Tanks
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75 Gallon Glass Aquarium.
Filtration: Eheim Pro II 2028.
Structure: plastic cat litter pan of sand (left rear), natural driftwood (including bit piece bottom front), synthetic driftwood (including dark piece left of center, & bit white stump on right, & a synthetic resin log middle rear), Asian Marshweed (upper left), Java moss (center rear green clump), plastic plants (especially plastic fern suction cupped to rear tank wall, upper right rear).
Lighting: 2 65 watt Compact SeaLife Power Compact Fluorescent fixtures. No basking lamp on this enclosure (yet) but the sole inhabitat is a stinkpot (some often bask, but this individual does not).
Photo: Richard Lunsford.
Special Notes: This tank needs a basking platform, if only as a fail safe in case a heater malfunction overheats the tank. Without a softshell in the tank the underwater sand bed in the litter pan is useless except as a plant substrate (used to Asian Marshweed here). Otherwise a fine setup for adult or sub-adult musk turtles with enough structure to climb on, and nitrates should stay low for weeks on end.
Filtration: Eheim Pro II 2028.
Structure: plastic cat litter pan of sand (left rear), natural driftwood (including bit piece bottom front), synthetic driftwood (including dark piece left of center, & bit white stump on right, & a synthetic resin log middle rear), Asian Marshweed (upper left), Java moss (center rear green clump), plastic plants (especially plastic fern suction cupped to rear tank wall, upper right rear).
Lighting: 2 65 watt Compact SeaLife Power Compact Fluorescent fixtures. No basking lamp on this enclosure (yet) but the sole inhabitat is a stinkpot (some often bask, but this individual does not).
Photo: Richard Lunsford.
Special Notes: This tank needs a basking platform, if only as a fail safe in case a heater malfunction overheats the tank. Without a softshell in the tank the underwater sand bed in the litter pan is useless except as a plant substrate (used to Asian Marshweed here). Otherwise a fine setup for adult or sub-adult musk turtles with enough structure to climb on, and nitrates should stay low for weeks on end.
