They can be fed a commercial turtle pellet supplemented with duckweed mealworms crickets live feeder fish fruit dandelions or mushrooms.
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.
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 is technically an omnivore although adults eat more vegetation than meat.
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.
It can grow to about 8 inches 20 cm and can live up to 35 years.
In the wild most of their adult diet are aquatic plants.
The malayan box turtle requires an aquarium that provides a water area and a land area in approximately a 50 50 ratio.
Rare malayan box turtle with eastern painted hatchling badass fish including convicts cichlids angelfish tiger barbs a yoyo loach.
A reasonable size aquarium for an ambo of this size is a 20 gallon.
Obtain a good sized aquarium.
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.
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.
However the name malayan box turtle is commonly used for the entire amboina box turtle species.
These turtles are aquatic and spend almost all their lives in water.
75 cm by 30 cm 30 inches by 12 inches.
Plus a feeder gold.
The long format allows for more surface area and you don t need the greater depth of the standard 20 gal tank.
Long is a minimum size for one juvenile individual.
A 20 gallon long format tank is the smallest that will allow enough swimming room for one turtle.