Should YOU Get a TURTLE? BIG Fish Room Changes | MD Fish Tanks
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- Should You Get A Turtle? BIG Fish Room Changes | MD Fish Tanks
I get a lot of people messaging me asking if they should get a turtle and if they are hard to care for. I'll address that in this video. One thing is for sure though...Musk turtles like Timmy are sooooooo cute :D
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I get a lot of people messaging me asking if they should get a turtle and if they are hard to care for. I'll address that in this video. One thing is for sure though...Musk turtles like Timmy are sooooooo cute :D
Equipment (all links affiliate):
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Wishing you and all your aquatic friends a very Happy New Year !
What do you feed Timmy because I’m getting a musk turtle
It's funny how African cichlid keepers would literally give thier Left Arm for their tank to be covered in that lush green algea. M🍃 YOU NEED AN AFRICAN CICHLID TANK so you can let the algea growth go wild 😜
That bowl with the bonzie looks amazing
I advise adding some variety in his diet with some sinking pellets or shrimp wafers and they love earth worms
Turtles live forever and that's a factor one must consider before getting one.
Actually your thinking of tortoises .......but turtles do live a long life if there actually taken care of properly....like 20 to 30 years .....but a tortoise can live like 90 years or longer if properly tooking care of
There is no such thing as death for a tortoise. Only inner peace.
My red-eared slider is 43 years old and could live another 10
Most aquarium fish can live 10-15 years
@@matasabaliksta682 10-15 != 40+
All I'm saying is that's a factor. It'll be a pet that's with you longer than:
- Kids will live with you in a house
- Most marriages
- House roofs
It's silly to buy on a whim is all I'm saying.
As a musk turtle keeper for 10yrs id say they are brilliant. They don't make great friends though they will eat anything they can
I am a red eared slider turtle keeper for 4yrs, and I guarantee you that caring for turtles are not hard at all.
I have a mud turtle very similar to the musk and a painted turtle
Got my musk turtle chilling with some cardinal tetras and a few cherry barbs for over a year now and he doesn’t bother them, plus they eat all his crumbs from when I feed him
Also I feee him daily and he would happily eat 10 or more of those exact same pellets if I let him,
I usually do 6 throughout the day, is that too much???
He also gets dried shrimp, wax worms and tubifex worms and fresh morio worms, calcium worms occasionally too
And he absolutely loves fresh wax worms too!
@@thecannabisguru is depends how big you turtle is, and the size of you pellets
Me, not even thinking of getting a turtle: maybe I need a turtle
Did you get a turtle?
So that’s what happened to Timmy’s Endler friend he ate it mystery solved. I did wonder what happened to it.
I should absolutely not get a turtle, I’d never go outside again
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@@Komadin he would be watching the turtle ALL the time
Turtles of any species are not a pet you just dive into owning and as a result are one of the most abandoned (when they get to big or become to hard to care for) and abused (because people don't fully understand their care requirements) pets in the trade.... as a turtle owner for over 21 years, I can say they are messy, can be smelly and require a lot of space and a lifelong commitment. Musk turtles are perhaps the smallest species in the hobby and therefore will be much easier to care for but please research research research before you decide a turtle is the right pet for you... and remember, they are very intelligent (studies have shown they exhibit a greater intelligence than the average house cat) and each has their own personality which will be up to you to figure out.
TIMMY! 💕💕 Brilliant vlog. Nice to see the collection and the OCD organisation of the API products. I want them! Best of luck for 2021.
Congrats on the API sponsor man that’s a big deal! Excited to see what future projects you have in mind! 🙌
i dont want to be patronizing at all, you are a for more experienced fish keeper than myself but keeping turtles i have some experience in. the only thing i would like to bring light to in this video is the fact that a single adult musk turtle in my opinion should have no smaller than a 4ft aquarium. also it is strongly recommended not to get 2 musk turtles living together. aggression will become apparent once they become sexually mature and can result in them fighting and tearing limbs off one another. however i do love your videos and don't want to be that guy on the web.
Congrats on the sponsorship! Your videos are great and have given me lots of ideas and tips for my own scapes. Awesome!
Really enjoyed that! great to see the nano section. HNYear.. Dont feel strange about the API thing. Great products and good for you mate. You put your heart and soul into this. Every time I see you put shelving up I want to come give you a hand. Nice1 dude.
Great Vid....thank you for everything you have done this past year. I have enjoyed watching you during the pandemic and am now very much into aquascaping. Because of your inspiration I have 2 tanks and 1 bowl (which I think happens to be my favorite) and always look forward to what you will do next. Im sure my friends are getting tired of me telling them all about your vlogs lol. Happy New Year to you and your family and we will see you on the next one!
Thanks for all your great videos, very inspiring and Timmy has cheered us up no end 😂😂😂 Best wishes for every success 2021 xxx
Good timing MD haha. Thanks for all the content this year its been a great way to get through the lockdows. Have a great new year mate
Congratulations on the API sponsorship 🎉🤗 great way to start the new year. Indeed Happy New Year 🤗 to you and your family and all the tanks :) . Stay safe and healthy, take care 🤗
Man glad too see the full tour wishing you a great 2021
I can tell how a big passion this is in your life. Cheers!
Another great video, got to say it’s the best channel I watch and getting better all the time 😀
Happy New Year MD! And also everyone else ;)
Great video as always
I just seen the thumbnail of when you first got Timmy. He was so little!!! I had forgotten how small he was. What a big boy he is.😍
Happy New year mate. Love your set up.
YAY! I was already waiting to see an MD video pop up haha. I love Timmehhh! ❤️
Hi
Timmy is awesome! The black shelving is great. All mine are the old chrome ones and after 22 yrs they do rust in places. You're always so fun to watch. saludos desde Costa Rica
Great video! It's so satisfying to watch the time lapse, gives an immediate feeling of accomplishment. LOL. I was thinking of getting a little turtle and was wondering about incorporating the tank into a paludarium... or do you think he would escape?! Oh, and have you ever seen the floating foliage balls? I keep meaning to tell you about them when you show your ikebana bowl.
Happy new year MD keep the great videos going 👍
Happy New Year MD! Keep up the good work 😃
Happy New Year from my family to yours!
Happy New Year MD.
Happy New year MD. 😉
Happy new year md
I appreciate your dedication to posting even over the holidays
This is really useful as my 2 year old loves turtles. She calls them tiny Tim's....I'd love to get a tiny musk turtle but really need to research it more so your video is really helpful MD. Cheers
You post on my lunch time! That means ill watch all of the videos! Still waiting for a md click something merch
Wow I can actually watch this one without it being 2 am lol excited for the video
Sup brother! Love your stuff!
Dont get a turtle unless you want a lifelong pet.
truth. I've had mine for 37 years
Been thinking about mud/musk ones cus I'm going travel a lot and there small, they do need big tanks but that's no problem don't know if it's right for me to get one.
@@finnie2711 mud and musk turtles live around sixty years.
@@aurora_dawn123 I mean unless my lifespan is cut shot, I should be able to take care of it.
Your hand appearing in the screen always makes me laugh, it’s like those VR hands floating in the air
Quality vid again bud! Can you do a weekly maintenance vid soon? I would be interested to know how long all these tanks take to maintain lol. Happy new year!
2:48 look at the sand.
Triggered my trypophobia ugh 😖
Timmy is really cute 😘🐢
Happy New Year 🎊 to you and your adorable family 🤗
Health and happiness in 2021 🍀
Stay safe 😷
P.S. Thanks for sharing all your videos 🙏🏼🥂🍾
Hey md! Happy New year! Was thinking that maybe hiding Timmy food under leaves or out of sight, so he has to hunt a little. You could start by calling him out the way you do, but then. setting the food just out of sight. He is adorable.
A lot of people say musks don’t bask much but my 2 love it now they have settled in
When you think MD FISH TANKS you see green
wow really beautiful setup your rotala is really beautiful. your aquascape how many liters are your ADA? beautiful and happy new year. I am already looking forward to new videos.
I used to have two painted turtles. Bought a pair two decades back for $11 from China town (hardly an inch long). I named them Jeff and Julie. Julie dies when she was 5 years old. Some sort of infection. But, Jeff was with me for almost 12 years. I donated him with a heavy heart. He used to fight when I used to scrub his back with toothbrush and put cream once a month. He used to eat live fish and dry food like krill and algae sticks. They are fun to have but try to escape the terrarium if they can reach the top.
MD I would like to see you working with riccia flutains. A tricky moss that flots a lot but is a really nice light green. And even make a good carpet if you secure it between some nets or something like that.
Cheers from Portugal, have a nice year.
Ps. Not sure turtles need friends (other turtles), you could have some territorial behaviour.
You are such a great person
so wanted an MD fix, happy new year
Great looking tank for Timmy my man. Stinkpots look exactly like Mud Turtles though...
Happy New Year.
I’ve had a musk for ages , I’ve kept Danios with him and also shrimp , never lost any shrimp or fish
Maybe you can do a sort of vertical aquarium next to the aquarium bowl? :-) ... would be a nice change and something completely different ;-)
I have 2 Razorback musk turtles in a 75 gal with 8 large gold fish. They are great! Feeding is a bit of a chore as they are not aggressive eaters, and the fish love the turtle food. Turtles are fabulous!
Referring to the green water in the tree bowl, have you thought about putting in freshwater bivalves as in clams or mussels? They're really cool! It would be interesting material for your channel.
Because of you, I now own a musk turtle. But have been scorned by the turtle owners group for having such a small tank. Apparently they need a 4ft tank. So before you get one bear that in mind!
What kind of musk turtle did you get ? I also got Razorback Musk exactly 1 month ago.... after seeing Timmy ofc 😅.
@@RioCahyadiDrayka I got a common musk, he's amazing! It's like having a tiny water puppy
@@st3pupdj i know right, my Razor like to dig it's pebbles in search for food (even though i already feed him in the morning). He only "obedient" when he see food, aside from that he basically ignoring me 🤣.
Look up Rachel O'Leary's musk turtle video. She has one in a 29 gallon tank and plans to keep it there long term. A 40 gal breeder would probably be plenty big enough (just three feet long).
Hi. I'm from stockport in the uk. I've been following you basically from the start and I'm obsessed with tropical fish and i was just wondering how was it keeping the temperatures of the tanks stable in the shed in your back garden. I've got no more room left for more tanks and I need to expand haha!! I would love some feedback :) your doing amazing with your content. Keep up the good work :D
Hi, I'm from Stockport too. A happy new year to you and your family.
You'll have to move all the artwork now. Especially the kids', I love seeing theirs!
Happy new year
Wishing you a happy new year. Let's hope 2021 is better.
daaaaaammmnnnn md!!! That rack with all your aquarim products is loaded xDD!!
I'd just let the rocks turn green. Looks awesome IMO
Mine yellow belly slider was the size of a 50p when I got him three years ago. Now he’s easy the size of my hand. Only downside is they’re dirty and you need a good filter and lots of space as they grow. In three years I’ve gone through 3 aquariums getting bigger each size. They’re cool though. But mine eats any live plants of fish I put in with him so have three different aquariums on the go.
Was going to ask you about putting a tank right on the top of those racks. I’d be too scared to put a full tank on the top, just because of it wobbling and becoming unstable. Do you attach the racks to the wall at all? Happy new year to you and your family and I’m looking forward to more videos this year
Nice 😊
I feel like if I got 1 turtle I would end of with 4....b/c ya know Ninja Turtles! Also you should get yourself a high quality office chair. I'm sure your body would thank you considering how much time you probably sit there editing! Cheer!
I envy you so much 🤤
thanks for the vid MD 😁😋
Was thinking we need to see some more of Timmy... I should be getting a baby Loggerhead Musk Turtle on 7th Jan. Currently, partway through the tank set-up, going to try a few plants in there with the hope that they won't be eaten or destroyed.
Already have a parrot I will need to will to someone. Why not a turtle too lol. Noooo. I will share Timmy with you through the videos. He is adorable and such fun to watch.
Turtles have a long lifespan, allot don't do well being cohabbed (it depends on the turtle), most get rather big, their care can be pricy, they need a big setup, they can be hard to care for, but they are an amazing animals, but most of the time they aren't cared for properly, they need UVB light, it has to be changed every six months, they need a good filter, a canister filter is suggested, it's best to have a larger enclosure, they have to have a basking sight, you can feed them pellet food, but not as a staple diet, they need a varied diet, you can't feed them goldfish, rosy red minnows, and you can't keep plecos with them, they all contain thiamine which gives them a vitamin B1 deficiency which will make them be in pain, the safety fish are livebearers. Turtles are absolutely amazing pets, but they are allot of work, and you need to do allot of research before getting one, and you have to care for them properly.
and water heater up to 28°c and sunning area up to 35/38°c 😉 a little addition to your text. but indeed they aren't easy animals. the cleaning is a real job and they are expensive with all they need. water heater, tank, filter (regular aqauria filter isn't suited as they pollute a lot including skin and shield) UV light and beach heater and every month they need 2/3 fresh water. variation of food from fish to veggies next to the turtle food people can buy in the petshops for turtles but only that isn't sufficient. I don't even give mine that turtle food. here they get dog food and veggies. is basically safe meat and vegetables and fruits. leaf vegetables though.
I got my sistees some razorback musk turtles a year or two ago and theyre amazing lil dides.
Hi there MD! was wondering what fish shops you go to as i think i live somewhat near your area and just wondered what shop is stocking all the amazing fish you get
You should make the shelf with the bowl on it a bowl only rack.
Sometimes when you say bask, it sounds like busk, and I picture a turtle sitting up on those rocks singing Wonderwall. 🤣
I think a swampy styled tank would ba amazing for Timmy
Putting wood on those shelves will help a ton.
Congratulations on your API agreement!
I hope 2021 will have as much new tanks as we all wish!
I think timmy needs a more natural set up!! He is super cute. Love that u love him
I have 2 musk turtles in a 4ft tank now they grow fast. Really noisy at night moving stuff around. Musks can get up to 5 inch fully grown. They are so cool to get 🥰
Waiting for your blog. With out it the new year couldn't come. Love form india.
Timmy looks like a sphinx statue in the intro
Thank you MD Fish tanks! Baby turtles like heat. Up to 82? No tv in the dark, their eyes!!! Sometimes they make trail s. And like to be a landscaper; they move mini plants n rocks. Snappers like to hide! Survive! If temp was cool they would dig under Mom!!? And they like to be pet especially when they are young!! Thank you. Righteousness! Pray outside. Tadpole. Unknown. Evil stalks...
I would recommend a tank mate for Timmy, doesn't even have to be another turtle. I own a Yellow Belly Slider for the last 15 years she is quite large and I know that she was aggressive to other Turtles but left large fish alone.
I currently have a Large Honeycomb Pleco with my Yellow-Belly and they are a match made, the Pleco gives my YB enough stimulus in the tank without the territory fighting that I had when having other Turtles with her. Also the larger pleco's are quite tough fish and can deal with her.
I have video of the pleco latching on to my YB to clean her its quite funny.
please show all your products you use after a tank setup:)
PLEASE MAKE a playlist containing all of Timmy’s tank videos.
Yay! Love timmmeh and the nano they look so amazing!!!!!!!!
I own a Red-eared Slider and an Amboina Box Turtle instead of a Musk and I must say that if people want to keep a bigger species like the Red-eared Slider,they should have a massive tank or an outdoor pond. The Red-eared Slider and the Amboina Box Turtle I have are kept in a fenced-in outdoor pond with a terrestrial area where they can haul out to bask on. I live in a country with a tropical climate so I need bot worry about winter and very low temperatures.
What do you feed your shrimp and how do you help them keep their colors so vibrant?
Hey MD, see you have some airpockets in the sand of timmy's tank, watch out for those. And a bit of Cyano ( I also have some in my tank bah)
Happy new year from India
HAPPY NEW YEAR from 🇰🇷
Looks really cool but my question is in how much time they will get to big for a home tank and what do you need to do with en if it’s getting to big ??
You covered all the pictures up.
HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎉
Hi, you are using those black Metal Shelves for fish tank stands. Would you suggest them for a 55 gallon tank as well as putting a long 20 gallon tank on it as well?
I definitely would NOT recommend getting a turtle! They can live at least 30, up to 50 yrs, some even longer.
Turtles are messy, so it is a lot of work, when they become bigger/mature.
They are not well being kept in an Aquarium on long term, better in some kind of Pond with no "glasswalls".
I kept 2 Chrysemis picta dorsalis, which is the smallest Species, in a 300L Tank for 18 yrs, til I found a better place for them to live.
Happy Newyear , don't forget to edit TIMMY when you call his name .
Damnnnnnn must be nice having sponsors getting free expensive shit from API lol
You know if you work as hard as MD does and make brilliant content like he does you could get sponsors as well and maybe then you won't be critical of other people's success... Just a thought do with it as you will
@@ibrahimsteyn1612 and I see you took it to heart...because I wasn't saying it like ohh imma hater I can't stand ppl like you that get free stuff for making stupid videos.....lmmfao....I'm just saying that rack with the API on it has a couple hundred dollars worth of there product...I think it's awesome that they do that..but w.e take it how you please lmmfao..
@@matthewloomis2942 My mistake I didn't intend to offend just educate that a lot of hard work goes into making these videos and that you could also make similar ones it if you applied your self and it was a passion of yours , I would follow it if it was good content.
Def need a turtle!