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My RES turtle- Mr.T

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 11:15 pm
by nmbnikki
Mine and my boyfriends turtle- Mr.T :mrgreen:

Re: My RES turtle- Mr.T

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 11:51 pm
by steve
Looks nice. Is that blue sand?

Re: My RES turtle- Mr.T

PostPosted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 11:59 pm
by nmbnikki
Yeah he seems to like it a lot better than the river rocks we had in there before, and he likes to make mounds with it to sleep behind as well :)

Re: My RES turtle- Mr.T

PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:55 pm
by ataraxiamb
Blue sand??? That's about the coolest thing I've ever heard of. I didn't know it existed. Where do you get it?

Mr. T looks is very handsome. What kind of plants are those?

Re: My RES turtle- Mr.T

PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:09 pm
by nmbnikki
I know, I love it! We got it at petco. And the plant we have in there is just a fake one lol :)

Re: My RES turtle- Mr.T

PostPosted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 12:23 am
by nmbnikki
Some updated pictures of Mr.T :mrgreen: and his tank, with his new above tank basking area!! :D
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Checkin out the new basking area..

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The tank with new background, new basking area, and Mr.T got a hammock!

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Finished product of basking area, and Mr.T approves! :D

Re: My RES turtle- Mr.T

PostPosted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 2:43 am
by slider_keeper
Sweet! good good!

Re: My RES turtle- Mr.T

PostPosted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:54 am
by swiltz
really nice, i gotta learn how to do one of these above tank basking areas someday....

Re: My RES turtle- Mr.T

PostPosted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 7:19 pm
by apondfortimmy
swiltz wrote:really nice, i gotta learn how to do one of these above tank basking areas someday....


It's actually a lot easier than you might think. I was overwhelmed and nervous about trying it, but ... then I just started putting things that I had together and securing it and VOILA! ATBA.
Totally worth the effort.

Just build it OFF the tank first. I learned that lesson the hard way when I had to disassemble things to get it off twice.

Re: My RES turtle- Mr.T

PostPosted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:04 am
by tygger
What material did you use for platform? I see the egg crate material you used for the cover, but I'm wondering what you used to be able to angle it down like that. Thanks

Re: My RES turtle- Mr.T

PostPosted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:31 am
by nmbnikki
I actually used acrylic for that part too. I angled it how I wanted it and set it up so it would stay like that and I just used some thick "cement" stuff that came in a tube, to hold it together. Only had to sit there for a few minutes while it initially dried but then it was completely dry and safe 24 hours later. I put shelf liner over it (and a little extra piece on the corners) so he could climb up it. If you have any more questions feel free to ask :)