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Basking under water...

PostPosted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:04 pm
by MoreBloodWine
Anyone elses RES do this ? It's the first time I've ever caught Niko doing this, might have something to do from his/her old 10g temp tank with like 7g of water upgraded to the new 20g temp tank filled with about 19g of water which gives him/her more room to do just about anything.

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 2:52 pm
by blackforces get you
mine do it all the time. they sleep in the weirdest positions. since i have 2, one uses the other as a pillow and they just stretch out and relax as if they wore basking. its common for me and pretty funny

PostPosted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:31 pm
by marisa
As a precaution, it would be good to check the temps. If, during the day, he's frequently "basking" in the water rather than on his basking area, the basking area temp could be too warm.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 4:31 pm
by MoreBloodWine
Well, Niko just got a tank upgrade so everythings new to him. Including the new basking dock so he might just need an adjustment period. I do need to get a lower watt bulb though, right now the basking temps at about 100, if I recall it needs to be like 85 - 90.

Water temps ok, it's at 79 which is where I've always had it since I got Niko.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 23, 2009 10:47 pm
by Azfar
Sometimes my babies also basking under water like dat but with eyes open and not sleeping.. just sometimes.. hehe

PostPosted: Wed Jun 24, 2009 6:12 am
by Ankit
hahahaha . . . so cute !!!