??how high should the water be for my red eared sliders???

I have a 20 gallon tank and i have 2 red eared sliders, i fill up the tank about.. mmm 3/4 full. what should be the appropiate height?

??how high should the water be for my red eared sliders???
They need enough comfortably swim around. Be sure to include an area for them to bask and a UV light source.
Reply:That is fine. I have my tank water almost full. As long as you have a basking area they will be fine. Turtles are strong swimmers. Just make sure that they cannot get out from the basking area and fall to the floor.
Reply:Personally, I would say that's too much water, while they are water turtles, they spend a lot of their time basking on land. I would think with that much water you would have no room to set up a surface breaking rock or other such "land" area. I set mine up in aquaria with about 4" of water, gravel bottom, then a rock ledge they can bask on.
Reply:i have a 20 gal long tank no gravel or nothin.gravel only dirty's the tank to fast.. the best amount of water to put in ur tank is to make sure that when u fill the tank up that the turtles are at least 2 1/2 or 3inches away from the basking bulb.thats how i have mine set up and my turtles love it they have enough room to play and enough room to bask..



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