Habitat - Outdoor :: Pond size and population

[reptilegrrl]

Al seems kind of bored and lonely outside sometimes- he doesn't get as much human interaction as he did when he lived indoors. I am not sure, though, if the pond is really big enough to add another turtle. It's a 150-gallon stock tank, filled to about 135 gallons of water.

If I were to add another turtle, it would be a male YBS. I get the feeling, though, that there's just not enough room in this tank for another turtle. What do you think?

[missibsu]

I would say that it's going to be about 50 gallons short of where you are. At 90 gallons per turtle, that's 180 gallons. It's your choice of course. I personally have two turt, a male and a female, and I am figuring on 220 gallons when it's all said and done. Of course, if I had know everything that I know now, when I got my turts, I would have only gotten one. Won't give up one for the world now. I'm attached!

[ellman605]

well dont forget all turtles don't grow to be 9", so it may be right between the two of them, just my two cents

[reptilegrrl]

Yeah, if I get two males I doubt they would grow much larger than Al is now- he's about 7 inches. But I don't want them to have only the minimum amount of space, I want them to have more, so I will wait.

I do wonder if Al could live with a water dog.