210g FRT Tank

[Hi Im Mike]

Several weeks ago I bought 20 pieces of manzanita wood and decided to use 10 of the pieces for this tank. It's okay right now but I am going to switch a few pieces around to make it more round.
My livestock at the moment is a FRT I bought around July. Named him Frankie and his shell is 6" now. His 2 friends are 2 5" Flagtail Phoenix. Soon i'm hoping to add something that will WOW me.

Full tank shot:






And Frankie =D





I couldn't resist taking the last photo. I had to wait 10 minutes for him to fall asleep with me watching him.

[Luke78]

Those are some great photos, like the setup of manzanita resembles roots from a tree.Will you be adding a substrate or going bare bottomed? Regardless,nice start to your 210G thanks for sharing your pics!

[josephl]

That looks awesome, love the way you set up the wood and love the FRT

[thefishwife]

Love the wood and the way you positioned it, looks awesome.

I also must add that its great you have your young turtle in a large aquarium that will help him develop into the size he should be come, so good for his shell! Not alot of people understand that those cute little turtles need A LOT of room to grow their bodies and shells properly!

The one of him sleeping is adorable.

[Hi Im Mike]

Thanks for the compliments, it's so hard finding the right setup for an FRT..I've had white sand in there but it got dirty way too fast and I couldn't put a koralia power head on the bottom to circulate all the waste into the left side and my water was getting cloudy constantly.
I took the sand out and made alot of scratches on the tank, you can see ithem in the close up photo of him.
I'm sticking with bare bottom. I have 2 rena XP4 running and 2 koralia 1400 power head.
50% water changes every 3 or 4 days.
I'm also hoping this 210G tank will be his home for the next 10 or so years. I don't plan on selling him and I don't have space for any tank bigger then the current one he's in.

[dino]

really nice setup good job

[crazy72]

Mike this looks really good. Great idea.

[clintgv]

Nice setup. Looks natural very clean. I like what you did with the manzanita.

Nice shot with the last picture of the FRT haha.

[vdub]

That tank looks like it needs an arowana.

[Johnnyfishtanks]

man this tank looks so awesome