My RES turtle- Mr.T
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 11:15 pmMine and my boyfriends turtle- Mr.T 
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 11:15 pmRe: My RES turtle- Mr.T
Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 11:51 pmLooks nice. Is that blue sand?
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Posted: Fri Feb 15, 2013 11:59 pmYeah 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
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:55 pmBlue 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?
Mr. T looks is very handsome. What kind of plants are those?
Re: My RES turtle- Mr.T
Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 10:09 pmI 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
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 12:23 amSome updated pictures of Mr.T and his tank, with his new above tank basking area!! 
and his tank, with his new above tank basking area!! - Checkin out the new basking area..
- The tank with new background, new basking area, and Mr.T got a hammock!
- Finished product of basking area, and Mr.T approves! :D
Re: My RES turtle- Mr.T
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 2:43 amSweet! good good!
Re: My RES turtle- Mr.T
Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:54 amreally nice, i gotta learn how to do one of these above tank basking areas someday....
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Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 7:19 pmswiltz 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
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:04 amWhat 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
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2013 2:31 amI 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