Photo Gallery :: brutus & skee-lo in their new pond

[mattfelsen]

here are two pictures of skee-lo (first pic, a ybs) and brutus (second pic, a red bellied cooter) in their new 35 gallon pond.

[Giddy]

Very cute...do you have bigger pictures of the whole set up?

[marisa]

Yes, what does the pond look like? How big is it?

You're turtles are adorable, I especially like that first pic.

[sonyj]

Very cute turtles!

[mattfelsen]

it's a 37 gallon plastic rubbermaid container with part of the top cut off, so it probably has about 30 gallons of water in it. i made a rock garden with the leftover beach pebbles on one side and plan to plant some flowers on the other side (the entire thing is in a 7' x 2' planter box). there's a small slate-looking waterfall (made out of fiberglass) and a large zoomed dock, and i have an empty flower pot and some fake plants burried in the river rock on the bottom.

in the water are brutus & skee-lo, of course, and i recently got them some friends: 2 neon tetras, an albino pleco, a bloodfin tetra, a baloon belly molly, a sunburst platy, a lampeye tetra, and 2 guppies. everyone seems to be getting along (these turtles seem to have no interest in eating fish whatsoever, which is fine by me).

here's a picture of the pond & "rock garden." i'll try and get some better pictures once i figure out how to keep the water the less murky and i get some flowers on the other side.

[Turtleboy]

very cool, your turts must love the setup!

[kneecole]

looks nice! looks like it's inside of something else as well? what is that?

[marisa]

It looks like some kind of box/frame for support, which is a good thing to do for Rubbermaid storage containers (sides will bow out with a lot of water). It also looks like it will help keep them from escaping.

Nice pics.