Photo Gallery :: New 90g/40g "L"-shaped tank setup

[DavidY]

Thanks. Well, I hope I can get it to look nice too. But I think the turtles will enjoy having the two different tanks to explore and play in. And yea I do enjoy building stuff. I just wish I had more time to work on it. Speaking of which, what am I doing here?? I've got to get back to work!

(thanks Kate!)

[turboturtle8]

It looks awesome!!!

Keep us posted

[Parnasa]

Woha! Please are you for hire? I'd like that in my house... really nice

[DavidY]

Today I cut some boards to go behind the 90gal and 40gal tanks as part of the walls for the new basking deck which is made out of plastic egg crate light diffuser material.

Here is a shot of the backside of the back board for the 90gal tank. I used some wood pieces on the back to hold the board in place on the tank rim once it's turned around...


Here's the back board for the 40gal connecting to the 90gal...


And here are the two boards in place over the two tanks and temporarily screwed together. I'm going to cover the boards with some terrarium background...


In this picture you can see where I've drawn the line where the ramp will go connecting the 40gal to the basking deck on the 90gal...


So I'm off for a few days. I'll start working on the plexiglass front walls for the basking deck and ramp next week along with a sheltered section under the basking deck for the live plant section. Then I can add the water.

[N4784N R4613]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! The dreaded red "X!!!!"

[WyredHardware]

i got it too....

[N4784N R4613]

Oh, I used Firefox, and right clicked on the red X's, then clicked on "View Image," and I was able to see them!!! Awesome job it is looking cool already!! The ramp to the 40 gal. is gonna have to be looooong!!! I can't wait to see it done. Good luck!!!

[Tenodera]

It's looking great, David!!

[DavidY]

Thanks! I'm using Webshots.com now to host my pics. I wonder if that has anything to do with the red X's? hmmm... let me know if any of you still can't see the pics.

I was thinking that using different heights for the two tanks would have a neat effect, but now I'm wondering if the turtles will be more likely to just stay in the 90gal since the ramp to the 40gal will be longer. Well, I'll give it a try this way and if it looks like they are avoiding the long ramp, I'll raise the height of the 40gal stand with some cement blocks.

[steve]

Can't see them on Safari, Firefox, Camino or on Opera

[Tenodera]

lol David you should try uploading from photobucket

[WyredHardware]

Wow... 4 major browsers.. and you get the big NO

[kmichael55]

I can't see them on Gran Paradiso, but if i right click I can, can't see them on IE either

[grey goose]

Oh that looks great! I'll bet that once they get used to it they'll follow each other back and forth.
I can't see the latest pics either.

[N4784N R4613]

For those of you who couldn't see the pics, here you go...

Today I cut some boards to go behind the 90gal and 40gal tanks as part of the walls for the new basking deck which is made out of plastic egg crate light diffuser material.

Here is a shot of the backside of the back board for the 90gal tank. I used some wood pieces on the back to hold the board in place on the tank rim once it's turned around...


Here's the back board for the 40gal connecting to the 90gal...


And here are the two boards in place over the two tanks and temporarily screwed together. I'm going to cover the boards with some terrarium background...


In this picture you can see where I've drawn the line where the ramp will go connecting the 40gal to the basking deck on the 90gal...


So I'm off for a few days. I'll start working on the plexiglass front walls for the basking deck and ramp next week along with a sheltered section under the basking deck for the live plant section. Then I can add the water.