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Bare Bottom Vs. Sand bottom
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Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:20 pmby slider_keeper
So my wife took some pics ok Toku's setup after finally putting the sand back in it, since she moved back to Las Vegas. The difference is so clear. I like sand so much better
Without Sand
With sand
And Toku chillin
Re: Bare Bottom Vs. Sand bottom
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Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:22 pmby xfallwithmexo
very pretty turtle
Re: Bare Bottom Vs. Sand bottom
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Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:25 pmby steve
Looks very nice with the sand. Just a thought, I would get a different thermometer. Those digital ones seem to have a large error rate. I like to have one old fashioned stick on-type for water temps and an infrared temp gun for the basking area.
Re: Bare Bottom Vs. Sand bottom
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Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:32 pmby slider_keeper
oh really, thanks bro I will definitely change them out then I have use those thermometers for years now wow!
Re: Bare Bottom Vs. Sand bottom
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Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:36 pmby steve
Well, I guess double check them with a regular thermometer. I think someone posted a pic with several digital thermometers in a bucket and they all had different temp readings
Re: Bare Bottom Vs. Sand bottom
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Tue Jan 25, 2011 12:17 amby Jaysea
looks great. your turtle is probably loving the sand too, mine spends hours just digging around in it.
Re: Bare Bottom Vs. Sand bottom
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Tue Jan 25, 2011 2:47 pmby db'sSlider
Looks much better!
Re: Bare Bottom Vs. Sand bottom
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Mon Feb 07, 2011 1:55 pmby Daisy
Looks great! I have a bare bottom, I was wondering how much more of a pain is it to syphon and clean the tank with the sand??
Re: Bare Bottom Vs. Sand bottom
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Mon Feb 07, 2011 4:37 pmby VeipaCray
Daisy wrote:Looks great! I have a bare bottom, I was wondering how much more of a pain is it to syphon and clean the tank with the sand??
It's not a pain at all. The sand is dense and the "gunk" if you will sits atop the sand. No need to siphon it. I find my turtle stirs the sand up just enough to float the gunk back into the water column where the filter takes care of it. Else you could just manually agitate the top layer of the sand bed just to get the stuff floating in the water for the filter.
Re: Bare Bottom Vs. Sand bottom
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Mon Feb 07, 2011 9:30 pmby AllTheCandies
looks nice!
your turtle has a really pretty shell
Re: Bare Bottom Vs. Sand bottom
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Tue Feb 08, 2011 11:55 amby Daisy
VeipaCray wrote:Daisy wrote:Looks great! I have a bare bottom, I was wondering how much more of a pain is it to syphon and clean the tank with the sand??
It's not a pain at all. The sand is dense and the "gunk" if you will sits atop the sand. No need to siphon it. I find my turtle stirs the sand up just enough to float the gunk back into the water column where the filter takes care of it. Else you could just manually agitate the top layer of the sand bed just to get the stuff floating in the water for the filter.
Cool, thanks...I am going to get some today!
