Photo Gallery :: Albino and reg. slider basking. Do you guys and gals like?

[pitbulljc]

[N4784N R4613]

Cool, they your's?

[pitbulljc]

yes they are mine, i got the reg. redear from a guy at work whos 'daughter was to busy.I had no clue and im still learning so i read what i could about them and seen a pic of an albino and liked it alot. so we went to the reptile show in pittsburgh and there she was. $180 dollars later she is now in a 55g sweet lol if you want to see my set up ill will put the pic on

[grey goose]

Those Albinos are so weird looking...I wonder if their UV requirements are the same as normal RES?

[pitbulljc]

[pitbulljc]

not any that i know about? they both seem healthy,had about 6 months. when i got the bigone from the guy at work they had him in a little 10g tank i dont think he swam for a couple yrs. i dont know who was happier when i put him in that 55g me or him.lol

[grey goose]

Well they both seem to be having a nice time.......I wish my two turts would sit still long enough for me to get a pic of them basking.

[SpotsMama]

That albino is a very unusual looking creature. Has a sweet face though. It's so surprising that he's all pale but for his bright red cheek stripe!

The big guy is beautiful. Keep an eye on his shell. Looks to me like he may have some fugus on some of those scutes, which wouldn't be surprising if he had been kept in substandard conditions.

Oh, and by the way, the big one might be a girl. How long is the shell?

[pitbulljc]

i will have to measure, guy at work said a male when i got it but im not totally sure. i know the albino,from what the guy said at the reptile show was a girl.

[DavidY]

Beautiful turtles! Nice tank setup too. What do you have for basking lights?

[pitbulljc]

This tankk was a saltwatertank, but now i have a 75g saltwater. So the lights on the turtle tank are 2 48in bulbs, afull spec and a actinic.But from what im reading on hear i should get a uvb bulb in a ceramic with clamp. Do you think they are gettting enuff heat or should i get the uvb light and holder?

[pitbulljc]

[DavidY]

They probably aren't getting enough heat. Most people here just use a regular household light bulb for heat and then a separate bulb for UVB. I also have a saltwater reef system and I know what kind of bulbs you are talking about. But it is best if you get the UVB bulbs that are specifically designed for reptiles since they are formulated to provide the proper wavelengths required while the aquarium bulbs are geared more towards corals and aquatic plants.

You could just replace the tube flourescents that you have with one or two ZooMed Reptisun 5.0's and that would provide plenty of UVB for your turtles, but you will still need the heat light bulb to get the basking platform up to the proper temperature. The other option is to remove the flourescent light fixture and replace it with a mercury vapor bulb in a ceramic based clamp lamp. I'd recommend the T-Rex Active UV 100W Flood light since it provides both UVA/B and heat all in one bulb and it lasts longer than flourescent bulbs.

[pitbulljc]

im going to go to the petwharehouse and see what all he has. he usually has about every bulb you can get.I also got talked into getting a snake for my son, he is in his room in a 29g. i will put the pic of it on here

[pitbulljc]