Hola,

I have 1.5 diamond back terrapins and I need to purchase a new filter system for them in the next few days. I was hoping some advice could be gathered from the community.

The turtles are adults. For the winter, I cycle them through three enclosures - a 175 gallon aquarium, a large 'baby' pool and a feeding container to keep the shrimp and such out of the water to avoid even more of a mess.

I am looking for an external filter that has the ability to pull water out of the 'baby' pool (12" height), and another than can pull water out of the aquarium (18" height). The water is salt and these guys seem to make more of a mess than most of the aquatics I keep. The water in the pool is about 8" deep. The water in the aquarium is about the same height - maybe a little less.

Does anyone have strong recommendations for an affordable setup? I know there are so many different solutions - I've looked from site to site and after a bit, they all blended together into some sort of canister for large tanks - but what kind? I'd welcome advice. The filter I was using wasn't made for this set up and frankly isn't cutting it.

thanks in advance.

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• diamondback terrapins and a brand new filter - r&breptiles, Sat Oct 22 12:02:58 2005
• RE: diamondback terrapins and a brand new filter - casichelydia, Sun Oct 23 01:15:22 2005
• RE: diamondback terrapins and a brand new filter - honuman, Fri Oct 28 16:46:44 2005
• RE: diamondback terrapins and a brand new filter - TheTurtleStore, Sun Nov 6 08:56:33 2005