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Redecorated my tank to a more suitable solution to basking. I alwasy like to redo stuff when i clean the poop from the bottom of the tank

Here is just a bunch of random pics of what I did.

Looks Awesome! But seems like your losing a lot of swimming room with all that rock. Ever think about getting a floating platform or an above tank? I took a jumbo and a small basking platform and combined them with wood screws. It gives as much area as what you have for basking, but allows them to swim under it also. But it doesnt give the cool cave inside the cinder block lol

jay2487 wrote:Looks Awesome! But seems like your losing a lot of swimming room with all that rock. Ever think about getting a floating platform or an above tank? I took a jumbo and a small basking platform and combined them with wood screws. It gives as much area as what you have for basking, but allows them to swim under it also. But it doesnt give the cool cave inside the cinder block lol

Yeah I used floating ones before I put the block in and put some rock on top of it. My problem was that the wood I would get would just sink after like 3 or 4 days of water so I just decided to put some blocks up and stack them.

oooooooh, yeah you got to get those floating platforms for like $11 at a pet store. There styrofoam covered in some hard epoxy that keeps the turtles from eating it. When you open the box there a yellow and grey mix of plastic, really not pleasing to the eye at all, but after baking under the heat lamp for a while, they turn an awesome reddish brown and dark grey, then some algae grows around the edges and they look like they belong there.

http://www.petdiscounters.com/Turtle-Do ... p3757.html

they sell a really cool above tank basking deal I'm going to get when I got the extra cash
http://www.arcatapet.com/item.cfm?cat=15256

jay2487 wrote:oooooooh, yeah you got to get those floating platforms for like $11 at a pet store. There styrofoam covered in some hard epoxy that keeps the turtles from eating it. When you open the box there a yellow and grey mix of plastic, really not pleasing to the eye at all, but after baking under the heat lamp for a while, they turn an awesome reddish brown and dark grey, then some algae grows around the edges and they look like they belong there.

http://www.petdiscounters.com/Turtle-Do ... p3757.html

they sell a really cool above tank basking deal I'm going to get when I got the extra cash
http://www.arcatapet.com/item.cfm?cat=15256

Yeah the turtle topper. I think you can make a better one cheaper if you just get some wood from a store. Make a full hooded topper the length of the tank

yeah I would actually have to customize it to sit on top of my 8ft x 18, it's only made for a 17" front to back tank. I like the little turtle swing under it though lol

Im just like you i like to change it up everytime i clean it ;X but maybe thats a bad thing? causes stress for the turtle perhaps to get used to a new enviorment?

Sir Max wrote:Im just like you i like to change it up everytime i clean it ;X but maybe thats a bad thing? causes stress for the turtle perhaps to get used to a new enviorment?

Nahh i dont think so they seem to learn the tank really quick so i think they know its there tank.

and I was TOLD it was a 45 Gallon Tank by the person that i baught it from but It seems way to large for 45 gallons...they are gettin pretty big and even with 3, they have SO much swimming room, it dont look like it in the pics but they swim all over the place with no problems

I actually have the same problem..i got my tank for free from my uncle and the box it arrived at my house in said its a 20 gallon but i have seen a few pictures..of 10 or 15 gallon tanks that look pretty close to the same size

and also while at pet stores i see tanks for sale that look alot bigger but are a smaller gallon so theres something "fishy" going on here haha

Sir Max wrote:I actually have the same problem..i got my tank for free from my uncle and the box it arrived at my house in said its a 20 gallon but i have seen a few pictures..of 10 or 15 gallon tanks that look pretty close to the same size

and also while at pet stores i see tanks for sale that look alot bigger but are a smaller gallon so theres something "fishy" going on here haha

lol so we have the opposite problem, urs was told it was bigger but looks smaller then the others and mine looks huger when they said it was smaller lol

After seeing your cinder block in your tank i was thinking of putting one in mine..and im sure it offers some good hidding spots!

Sir Max wrote:After seeing your cinder block in your tank i was thinking of putting one in mine..and im sure it offers some good hidding spots!

I actually dont see my turtles go in them much unless a fish goes in and they want that fish

I like that one when he is inside the rock...it looks like a photo frame