Habitat - Indoor :: POST YOUR BASKING AREA PICTURES HERE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Ranger The Red Ear Slider]

Im thinking of making a ATBA when i get my 40 gallon up does anyone know how much those glass sheets cost? also the egg crate?

[steve]

Why not acrylic/plexiglas?

[MaggyCheco]

Yeah Plexiglass is way cheaper and lighter, and since there won't be water in it glass isn't necessary

[Ranger The Red Ear Slider]

Yeah i was talking about pexiglass forgot the name. How much would it to build a ATBA of 36x18x8
Also whats the diffrence between the pexiglass and acrylic?

[Karawr]

check out the photos and soon i'm going to make a new and bigger tank for my lovely RES
and here is my tinky winky turtle

that's all the bigger your tank is for 3 res???

I think there are FOUR turtles in there. That is way too small!!!

[rsour24]

if you read all the posts after that one for a while, and i think he posted a few other threads and he was told many times about his tank, i think in the end he upgraded to a 40 gallon, which is still too small

[shedreamsinred]

check out the photos and soon i'm going to make a new and bigger tank for my lovely RES
and here is my tinky winky turtle

that's all the bigger your tank is for 3 res???

I think there are FOUR turtles in there. That is way too small!!!

Apparently there are FIVE turtles in there. Read the post, search by the member's name under author. I really hope that they get a bigger home soon, that's not nearly enough space for them to swim, never mind bask and be healthy. The aggression problems that will develop are going to be horrible.

[Ranger The Red Ear Slider]

Yeah that tank right there is way to small even for one of those turtles.

[2turtlvr]

Here is our new basking area. They seem to be still pretty weary of it, how long does it usually take them to warm up to the new area? It's about 90-95 degrees in there, but they just dont seem interested. We built it about 2 weeks ago, and i'm worried that they're not getting enough basking time. We had to get rid of the other zoomed floating dock because Sheldon decided it was a snack (dope). Nibbler will go in it momentarily when we're looking at it becuase he thinks we're going to feed him (piggy). Suggestions/ ideas would be much appreciated.

Thanks for looking.

[Ranger The Red Ear Slider]

Thats a nice looking ATBA where did you buy that fake grass?

[2turtlvr]

Petsmart or Petco they both carry it. It's called Eco Carpet by Zoo Med. It's designed for reptile terrariums, but works ok here. Also cool because it's made from 100% recycled plastic bottles so it's eco friendly

[Ranger The Red Ear Slider]

Oh thats cool. Does it have some kind of adhesive backing on it?

[2turtlvr]

No, no adhesive backing. for the part that's just flat on the actual basking area, there is no real need to hold it down, becuase the ramp keeps it tucked underneath. On the ramp however we just used sillicone glue from the local hardware store.

[Ranger The Red Ear Slider]

Oh okay thanks.

[kittyclover]

We just upgraded Hiro to a 90g tank and I made him a new basking area. I don't think he has used it yet since I put it in there last night. He can't get enough of his swimming area and just loves to swim up and down up and down. He isn't used to so much space to swim as he used to be in just 20g.