Tank Neck

Apr

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What is an appropriate turtle tank for Australian Short Neck?

I want to buy a large tank for a turtle but am unsure about dimensions. I want to know how big a tank should be for a fully grown turtle as i do not want to have to upgrade later. Also how thick should the glass be? Ive been thinking about a long skinny tank like a 6 * 1* 1.5 foot as they are much cheaper than 6 * 2 * 2 due to the thinner glass used. 6mm 8mm 10mm etc. Are large turtles prone or able to break aquarium glass?

Minimum length (side to side): 5 x
Minimum depth (front to back): 3 x
Minimum height: 1.5-2 x to prevent escapes

Thanks to variations of the The Tortoise and the Hare fable, most people think of tortoises as slow-moving animals who do little with their time. As tortoise owners will tell you, however, a healthy tortoise housed in a proper environment is both active and quick. Box turtles are similarly wide-ranging and, well, speedy. Many tortoises and box turtles range widely throughout their habitat, with several sleeping and basking areas used every day. Most are burrowers and talented diggers, easily digging under outdoor pen walls and fences. They are also good climbers, especially tortoises. Escapes can be prevented when they are housed indoors by building the enclosure walls higher than they can stretch when they climb on the back of another inhabitant or on top of a rock, log, or hide box.

Tortoise and box turtle enclosures need pans of shallow water that the chelonian can easily walk into and drink from. Unlike the U.S. species of box turtles (Terrapene) those from China and Indonesia (Cuora) are more aquatic in their habits, and must have deeper, yet easily accessible, water in which to soak and feed.