I have two questions actually.

First, when I got my slider about a year ago (he is a year old), I set up his tank so that the depth was the length of his body. I read somewhere that its suppose to be two lengths. Whenever I try to fill the water up any higher, even if its just an inch, he gets mad and starts swimming up and down the glass and into it all crazy. He flips out if he can't just tilt on his tippy toes and reach the air with his nose. This will sound stupid, but I'm worried he didn't learn how to swim to the surface for air since I didn't ever have it deep enough for him to do so. Did I do something wrong here and can I rectify it? Should I put more water in and if I should, will he learn how to get air without a problem? Because he also flips on his back and doesn't necessarily try to flip back over. I know its a wierd question but I've been worried about it lately.

Second, I've been feeding him ReptoTreat dried shrimp but he will not eat anything else. I've tried reptomin sticks, I've tried strawberries, bananas, carrots, and lettuce. I've tried feeder fish. He refuses to try anything. I was also wondering where to buy these plants that can be put in the water for him to eat. I'm at a loss as to how to get him to eat anything else other than shrimp and to get him to eat on dry land, not just in the water.

Thanks for any comments!

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