Equipment Review and Discussion :: finally got my eggcrate, now what?

[yoyopeter]

any ideas on how i should make my basking platform?

[Daniel3507]

you could cut it so that it fits in the lip of the tank and then make a ramp with it

[BullDog]

^ That's exactly what I did.
Worked well for me
Here's my little "how-to":
http://www.redearslider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13987

[robind]

Don't forget to make walls, too. Zip ties and super glue make it pretty easy to shape it however you want.

[yoyopeter]

thanks daniel3507. and bulldog i really liked your "how to." i managed to work it out and this is how i made my basking spot!

[yoyopeter]

robind, ill be sure to zip tie the walls together right now.

[PcBuilder14]

Also, raise the water level until it almost comes to the top of the eggcrate base. That's why people make atba's.
And you need to put eggcrate over the top also, turtles are really good climbers and I've read about somehow somebody's turtle climbing a brick wall!!!

[yoyopeter]

Also, raise the water level until it almost comes to the top of the eggcrate base. That's why people make atba's.
And you need to put eggcrate over the top also, turtles are really good climbers and I've read about somehow somebody's turtle climbing a brick wall!!!

ok ill be sure to do that, what do you mean by atba?

[PcBuilder14]

above tank basking area.

[BullDog]

Looks great! Those two look tiny up there!

Keep a very close eye on the little ones and the larger one. A larger RES can seriously injure or kill a hatchling in the blink of an eye. At least one member has lost a hatchling when he left it alone for just a few seconds with a larger one
Just a fore-warning.

[PcBuilder14]

Oh yeah forgot to mention that!

[yoyopeter]

Looks great! Those two look tiny up there!

Keep a very close eye on the little ones and the larger one. A larger RES can seriously injure or kill a hatchling in the blink of an eye. At least one member has lost a hatchling when he left it alone for just a few seconds with a larger one
Just a fore-warning.

thanks! yeah sometimes things get a little intense like how one would be giving them the "eye." the bigger ones used to attack the youngers ones by nipping off the tip of the tails but recently theyve managed to cut it out. im kind of worried of the conflict because i dont have the money to seperate them!

[robind]

haha looks pretty much exactly like mine!

[bradmeisel]

very nice job. Does the light goes through the egg crate OK if you put it on top?

[Daniel3507]

egg crate is one of the few things that allow uvb to go through since the holes are about half an inch. if your talking about setting a light right on it though i would cut out small hole where the light would be pointing