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Last edited by RESCHIU on Sun Mar 05, 2006 8:55 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Finally get to share with everyone my precious little thing: Pineapple(it means bringing happiness to the family in my language)
I really enjoy taking pictures of Pineapple, I think he/she? gotten used of having camera pointed at him many times

enjoy it

My curious and cute baby

http://www.fx.clemson.edu/~ychiu/turtle/tank_setup.jpg
http://www.fx.clemson.edu/~ychiu/turtle ... etup02.jpg

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 11:07 pm

looks good, but would say to fill the tank up alot more, they love to swim. Is a very cute res, good pics

Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 12:08 am

Is your tank one of those turtle tanks with the hole in the side? If so, raise the wataer as high as you can and when you upgrade, get a regular tank so that you can fill the tank up MUCH more. That tank won't last you as long as a regular 20 gallon would because of the lack of swimming space as your turtle grows. Is your light both UVA/UVB?

Really cute turtle and some good pictures ..

Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 12:23 am **about the water level in the tank**

I forgot to address that my turtle has early signs of MBD

, which I was suggested by a few people that it's probably not a good idea for him to swim as much. I just can't wait for my turtle to get better so he can swim all he wants

Also, isn't amount of water level suppose to be their shell length? sorry but this is the first time I got a tank for him, so I'm still new to this

really appreciate your comments

Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:39 am

If he swims around a lot now, he would probably be okay with more water. You might want to ask your vet.

I love your pics. Especially the close ups.

Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 2:46 am **Re: about the water level in the tank**

RESCHIU wrote:I forgot to address that my turtle has early signs of MBD , which I was suggested by a few people that it's probably not a good idea for him to swim as much. I just can't wait for my turtle to get better so he can swim all he wants Also, isn't amount of water level suppose to be their shell length? sorry but this is the first time I got a tank for him, so I'm still new to this really appreciate your comments

Normally you'd fill the tank as high as you can.. the more water the better. I know there are many sites/pet store people etc. that will tell you to fill the tank 1.5 times the length of the turtles shell which is probably the bare minimum of water for an aquatic turtle, but if you look at their natural habitat they swim in water much deeper than that.. in lakes/ponds etc.

Sorry for not remembering about the MBD.. there's a lot of people to keep track of ..

Why does your vet seem to think your turtle has this again?

Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2006 8:52 am

I love the close ups. Hope he gets better soon. He looks good though.

Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 12:56 pm

thank you all for the comments

I filled the tank with more water now and he really enjoys swimming a lot. Except sometimes I feel bad to watch him having to stand on his tiny toenails and stretch his neck as long as he could to try to get some air above the water

I recently broke my UVB lamp by mishandling(I only used it for 5 days), so I'm getting a new one soon. I know all of you know about this, but never try to handle the bulb when it's still warm or hot, it's very fragile

Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 1:02 pm

RESCHIU wrote:...I filled the tank with more water now and he really enjoys swimming a lot. Except sometimes I feel bad to watch him having to stand on his tiny toenails and stretch his neck as long as he could to try to get some air above the water ...

I suggest you place some fake plants of different heights in there. He really needs some place to rest on while in the water. You can even find some to suction to the side of the tank (made for terrariums) or make some yourself the suction (this is what I did) and place right under the water level. He will then rest on the plants when needing to come up for air.

Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 1:37 pm

actually, my turtle's favorite spot now is my 'fluval 1" under water filter, he sits on it very often whenever he wants rest (or on the dock when there's UVA light), several time I found my turtle sleeps on top of the filter with just the nose sticking out of the water, so cute

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I'm planning to get some fake plant soon, it will also make my acquarium look nicer too

Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2006 7:02 pm

The tank looks fine just ogt a couple suggestions, fill that sucker the highest the basking thingy will float.
Get a screentop, a UVB strip light on top of it. Then lay the basking bulb on top as well, and he's set
Later on though you will need at minimum 100g tank if it's a boy and you wont know for a while, when he's 3.5-4" long(shell end to end, no curve)

As for those photos, you take fantastic shots of him!

Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 9:02 pm

Hello, I finally got some pictures of new tank setup

*I put a pretty wallpaper in the background so now it looks much better than the white wall behind, also a fake plant for him to hide. He still likes to sleep on top of the fluval 1 filter though :p
*my new UVB lamp arrived finally because I broke my old one :cry:

(since 2/27)
*water level is a lot higher now

*and I exchanged the defective floating dock so now pineapple should be able to bask to dry easilly.
http://www.fx.clemson.edu/~ychiu/turtle ... _setup.JPG
http://www.fx.clemson.edu/~ychiu/turtle ... etup02.JPG

Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 10:03 pm

AWwwwwww you can tell that you love your turtle very much:):)

Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 8:18 pm

It looks nice.

Just checking, but how far away from Pineapple is the Reptisun? And does that Fluval 1 keep the water clean?

Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 10:49 pm

he's about 8~10 inches away from the UVB light

the fluval 1 filter only does good job on filtering out big particles in the water, that's why I have another Micro Whisper on the right hand side of the tank to filter out whatever Fluval 1 didn't clean

by the way, I'm just wondering, on the packaging that came with the UVB bulb, it says not to stare at the UVB light since there's radiation(which I understand why), but is it ok that turtle stare at it? since I place the light kinda side way to Pineapple....I hope it won't affect Pineapple too much

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