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Are there any tortoises that i could keep in an aquarium?If so what kind and how big of an aquarium.

A box tortoise would be a nice on to git. If your looking on homeing them in a aguarum. But you will need a nice siza aguarm like a 35 or so. Box tortoises grow up to like 6 inch's or so.
they are nice looking pets. They are good for starteds to start out withe.And you can buy them from $15.00 and up. Retpiles shows are a good thing to go to for good deils.
But here is a photo of some of my box tortoises.

Good Luck
Joseph Nunen

Tortoises (and box turtles) need space to roam. Aquariums, being made of glass and usually designed for displaying fish, generally don't have much floor space, which is what a tortoise needs.

Also, glass aquariums are heavy. And therefore harder to clean and maintain. There are some glass terrariums that have about 6 to 8 sq ft of floor space and are lighter than the same sized fish aquarium, but again they are still heavy and being made of glass, easy to break.

I don't think there are any reasonably priced tortoises that you can keep in an aquarium for the lifespan of the animal. Possible an Egyptian tortoise, but those are expensive and I don't see them for sale very often.

I'd suggest looking into a lighter and possibly cheaper type of enclosure. Horse watering troughs, wading pools, large plastic tubs (I think there's a company called www.reptiletubs.com that sells tubs cheaply). If you are handy with wood, you can build something to fit your needs.

The type of tortoises you might keep in say 6-8 sq ft of space include russians, hermans, greeks. Box turtles might be OK there too. More space is better.

If you really want a turtle that can be kept in a standard aquarium, look at mud, musk, slider, pond, etc turtles. The smaller muds and musks can live in 20-30 gallon tanks.

No.
please don't even think of doing so.
A turtle or tortoise need slots of room.
I can see any species of tortoise living comfortably in less than 20 square feet.

Box turtles are among the worst choices and they adapt VERY poorly to constrained conditions (small cages).

If you decide on getting a smaller tortoise, I endorse the above recommendations for a larger cage. I just wanted to add that those $15.00 box tortoises are wild-caught and not good beginner captives. It would be much more worthwhile to spend more $ in the beginning and get a captive bred animal (be it a box, russian, greek...) and have it live a happy and long life.

Hello That is ture what most people are saying in here.
dont do that. aguarums are for fish. and litte things.
looking. see my litte boxs run free in a wood 9 feet long by 9 feet. And yes bewere of WC ones to. If someone it looking this post pls give site by email or something.I git my litte guys from someone and pick ups to. What I said was not good info. But hey good like.

Sorry how I posted the lested one. LOL like a litte kid did it or something.
Sorry for all the Typ o's and things. I'm going to stop typing thing here be for you all think I'm nutes. I dont want a bad name.

Sorry
Joseph Nunen

...da small LIVE land tortoise are male Egyptian (approx. 2.5" max) or MALE map turtles (for aqua types...Cagleis...ect) approx 3" max...GOTTA BE DA MALES!!! however, NONE of these LIVE animals are recommended for indoor let alone in da aquarium...your alternative (if you MUST stick to that glass tank) is to put it on wheel...but then you migh as well build him a proper enclosure...