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Turtle tank setups and other indoor configurations.

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Post Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 10:05 pm   

This is mine, there's some stuff hard to get here in Malaysia, so i just cut through a square basket and hang it on the tank...
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Post Posted: Sat Jul 18, 2009 11:43 pm   

Looks good, but your turtle could easily climb up and out of it. So try and find a lid for it. Also, PLEASE take out the gravel immediately! Your turtle can eat it and die of impaction. There's a whole sticky with information about gravel here.
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Post Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 6:15 am   

well, my gravels are out now, and my turtles are very small, they won't climb out... lol...
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Post Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 4:53 pm   

Turtles are very good climbers, even as babies. And the mesh siding you've providing will act like a ladder for them. As soon as they figure out they can climb it, they'll be up and over in a manner of minutes.
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Post Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2009 6:37 pm   

oh ok, i try to put something at the side...
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Post Posted: Thu Jul 23, 2009 10:14 pm   

felix1318 wrote:well, my gravels are out now, and my turtles are very small, they won't climb out... lol...


Oh, honey, they climb. Freakishly well. Even I was surprised when I learned this. You would think the shell would prevent them from doing that, but it doesn't. They get around. (Can even climb stairs, and lift up to 15 pounds from what I've heard).

Anyways, I love how colorful the basking spot is. A lid should fix the problem completely.
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Post Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 11:24 pm   

heres Mats tank, he seems pretty happy and have a lot of space to swim around and to hide

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Post Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 6:34 pm   

That looks great! I love the bare bottom!

Make sure and plan to fill up the tank. That way you can provide the most swimming room and really take advantage of the space provided.
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Post Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:40 pm   

u all have beauitful basking areas....I cant wait to get a bigger tank
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Post Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:27 pm   

Hey guys, here's Bently's basking spot! I didn't make it though, glass cages installed it for me.
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My tank has a bare bottom as well, and although it is very clean, I want to liven it up somehow.
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Post Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 12:16 am   

I like the look of the grass... Keep us posted on how it works for you. I've always been curious about how well it would hold up on a basking dock. Can you remove it to clean it?
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Post Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 4:50 pm   

I was considering to use adhesive velcro strips to hold the turf in place. But after I cut it to size, I realized it stays put just fine. It lifts out real easy and it's no hassle to clean. Although I haven't really had to clean it yet because it stays pretty clean already.
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Post Posted: Thu Sep 17, 2009 10:11 pm   

I made my turtle a pretty nice looking wood dock. The whole thing cost about 10 bucks, and it should last forever. I'm trying to find my camera so I can post pics!
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Post Posted: Fri Sep 18, 2009 5:18 am   

Please do ^^
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Post Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 5:04 pm   

Here's mine, I finished it last week: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vearphoto/3935348100/

This is the entire set up:
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He likes it!
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