Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:10 pm
I have a bigger turtle. He's about three years old and about the same size as my hand: 4.25-4.5 inches. He loves to uproot everything, air stones, plants, heaters, filters, etc., and he doesn't make a huge mess in the tank. We sift through the sand with the shovel thing that was recommended earlier. The amount of sand adds about the same amount of weight as the water would. Water weighs 8lbs per gallon and the 50 lbs of sand I added displaced about 5-6 gallons of water which comes out to 40-48lbs of water. So, basically the water would've weighed the same as the sand I added. I bury my plants in the sand, but I'm looking at attaching our extra river rocks to the bottom like Chris suggested. That way when they get rooted up, they'll still stay down. But my plants got rooted up before I had sand too, so that's not a new problem.
~Christi
1.0 RES: Mikey R.I.P.
1.0 Het for Albino Red Tail Boa: Kaa ~adopted out
0.0.1 Northern BTS: Petri ~now a well-loved class pet
1.0 Am. Staff Mix: Brutus R.I.P.
1.0 German Shepherd: Pax
1.0 Husband: Will
0.1 Daughter: Lily