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Post Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 6:21 pm   New turtle dock!

After I had looked at some new ideas of turtle docks on here, I decided I wanted to build one for myself. I mainly made my dock by ideas from Junta and Grey Goose. So thanks so much you guys!! :D
I still have to glue the 2 pieces of the dock together. Right now they are drying.
I began all of this on Saturday. When I went to the store the guy there told us to buy a certain kind of silicone, then after everything was almost ready to put in the tank I find out that it shouldn't be used for aquariums! I had to take everything apart and start over again Sunday. :(

So here is the dock, almost done!! I can't wait!! Its not very big right now, but when my turtles get bigger, I will make a bigger and better one for them.

Yesterday--dock parts---
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now... ramp---
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Today--- everything is being glued together----
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I hope the angle of the dock is going to be OK for the tank...

And here is a cute shot I got of Ms. Cool-
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Hope you like :D:D:D

P.S--- I will post more pictures when everything is set-up in the tank!
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Post Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:15 pm   

That's a nice looking dock! and cute turt pic ^_^
So you took two pieces of plexi and glued them together at an angle? I was thinking about doing that, but didn't know if/how it would work.
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Post Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 8:26 pm   

Yup, thats exactly what I did. I will tell you how it works out when I get everything set-up in the tank.
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Post Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 9:24 pm   

Very nice! Your turtles will love that :D
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Post Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:58 pm   

You take some great pictures Emma, and I can't wait to see that dock in your tank.
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Post Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 8:26 pm   

Everything is working great! :D I just got it in the tank and perfectly set-up at 4. I have yet to see the turtles bask.
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Post Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2008 9:06 pm   

Very professional! Really nice job.
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Post Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 12:53 pm   

Nice work on the platform. I like the greenery :)
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Post Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2008 2:31 pm   

That looks great :D I too think that the plants add a nice touch!
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Post Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 8:26 pm   

nice dock.
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Post Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2008 11:54 pm   

I think it looks really really nice. I love the little leaves added to it. Can't wait to see it all up and in use ;).
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Post Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 1:13 pm   Re: New turtle dock!

Is there anyway u can give the a list of the things u used to make this dock it looks incredible?
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Post Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 3:22 am   Re: New turtle dock!

Welcome to the forum! If you check the Grey Goose thread, he goes into detail about what he did.
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