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creating a basking area
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Thu Mar 20, 2014 8:06 pmby lamazanec
So I just rescued 4 half dollar sized red eared sliders and yellow bellies. I'm not prepared for them right now... I'm currently living in the spare bedroom at a friends house while my boyfriend and I close on our house. So right now I have a rubbermaid for them, but I do have a 30 gallon in storage for them when we close on the house. My question is, there is no none water area in the current rubbermaid for them. I live in Hawaii and have the large lava rocks in my backyard. Can I boil one of them to clean it and put in their or will it leach bad stuff into the water?
Thanks,
Logan
Re: creating a basking area
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Thu Mar 20, 2014 10:10 pmby steve
I don't know about lava rocks but anything that is usually aquarium/fish safe is OK to use. There are plenty of inexpensive platforms that you can make but you can also look into a simple resin reptile platform to use.
Re: creating a basking area
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Fri Mar 21, 2014 9:37 pmby lamazanec
Thanks, I went to petco today and got a half log that floats around the tank. I think two are RES and two are YBS. The two RES love the log the others not so much yet.
Re: creating a basking area
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Mon Mar 24, 2014 1:55 amby steve
Those logs look great, but the turtles might outgrow it quickly. Keep an eye on any potential issues.
Re: creating a basking area
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Tue Mar 25, 2014 10:26 pmby VeipaCray
For your own safety, please don't boil rocks...ever.