Keeping two malayan box turtles together in the same aquarium is not advised because many can be quite aggressive especially males.
Malayan box turtle aquarium.
A malayan box turtle cuora amboinensis might seem too intimidating as pets but they are hardy creatures and easier to care for than most aquarium fish these gentle and majestic turtles which can live for up to 35 years can grow up to 12 inches in length and have a characteristic three yellow stripes on their heads.
The malayan box turtle is technically an omnivore although adults eat more vegetation than meat.
They can be fed a commercial turtle pellet supplemented with duckweed mealworms crickets live feeder fish fruit dandelions or mushrooms.
Cuora amboinensis kamaroma malayan box turtle or domed malayan box turtle rummler fritz 1991 mainland indochina south and central vietnam southern laos and cambodia thailand phang nga province etc singapore and mainland malaysia and borneo.
In the wild most of their adult diet are aquatic plants.
These turtles are aquatic and spend almost all their lives in water.
The long format allows for more surface area and you don t need the greater depth of the standard 20 gal tank.
At 6 cm 2 5 inches or so malayan box turtles can be moved out of this arrangement and into a proper aquarium.
The malayan box turtle cuora amboinensis is aquatic meaning it lives in water.
The malayan box turtle also known as the south east asian box turtle or the domed malayan box turtle is a subspecies of the amboina box turtle.
Rare malayan box turtle with eastern painted hatchling badass fish including convicts cichlids angelfish tiger barbs a yoyo loach.
The malayan box turtle also called the south east asia box turtle is found in many asian countries including indonesia malaysia thailand philippines and at one time even singapore.
However the name malayan box turtle is commonly used for the entire amboina box turtle species.
Obtain a good sized aquarium.
For breeding pairs a very large habitat is required.
The malayan box turtle requires an aquarium that provides a water area and a land area in approximately a 50 50 ratio.
It can grow to about 8 inches 20 cm and can live up to 35 years.
A reasonable size aquarium for an ambo of this size is a 20 gallon.
A 20 gallon long format tank is the smallest that will allow enough swimming room for one turtle.