Are there any fully aquatic turtles that don't require UV lights?

[VLDesign]

Just thinking of a turtle for a new freshwater tank but I am using LED lighting so no UV lighting will be possible, and I thought I read that most (if not all) turtles will require UV lights.

 

[rrcoolj]

Im pretty sure softshell turtles don't require UV for they don't bask. They get big though.

 

[evilxyardxgnome]

Softshells do bask, just not as much as sliders and painteds. I don't think Fly River Turtles need UV. But I may be wrong.

 

[rrcoolj]

Softshells do bask, just not as much as sliders and painteds. I don't think Fly River Turtles need UV. But I may be wrong.

you might be right with fly river turtles but again they need plenty of room

 

[davo]

Mata mata?

 

[Moontanman]

A stink pot is the only small turtle that would live under those conditions. I've kept them for years with out even a a way to climb out of the water. Adult size is about 4.5 inches. Babies are so smal it's difficult to believe they are turtles, they look more like small beatles!

 

[VLDesign]

Awesome thanks for the info...

 

[kabaltah]

Almost all non-basking carnivor turtles doesnt need UV. They takes vitamin-D from what they eat. That doesnt mean they dont benefit from UV lights but it isnt a must. As example, all musk turtles, alligator and common snappers, softshell turtles, mata-mata. Not sure about mud turtles because they are binded to land more then musk turles and terrible swimmers.

 

[Miguel]

Almost all non-basking carnivor turtles doesnt need UV. They takes vitamin-D from what they eat. That doesnt mean they dont benefit from UV lights but it isnt a must. As example, all musk turtles, alligator and common snappers, softshell turtles, mata-mata. Not sure about mud turtles because they are binded to land more then musk turles and terrible swimmers.

agreed. but hey do benefit from UV, all of them...

 

[muskkeeper]

U can go for loggerheads,stinkpots,stripenecks and razorback musks