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Not All the pics, but some
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Wed Apr 11, 2007 1:22 pmby Tertule
This is where the Fantastic 5 reside
Meet Aireign the African Sideneck (Pelusios Subniger)
And here is the lovely Lilly, also an African Sideneck (Pelusios Subniger)
The RES pics came out all blurry due to the fact I need a better macro lense for those little boogers...yes I am technologically challenged.
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Wed Apr 11, 2007 1:44 pmby jenaero
Very nice! I've been thinking about getting a sideneck or snakeneck eventually.
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Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:04 pmby DavidY
Nice looking setups!
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Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:27 pmby SpotsMama
Gorgeous setup! Very clean and modern. the turtles must be quite happy. Did you construct that stand yourself?
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Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:56 pmby Tertule
Yes, I made the stand myself, with some help from iac637.
I got the idea from a tank lid, it looked like a platform for a smaller sized tank, and we thought it would be neat if you could sit right next to the tank to watch the turtles, instead of sitting on the floor, or hurting your back leaning over for hours watching them. Plus we lived on the second floor of an apartment, so I wanted to disburse the weight of the tank over a larger area. So I sat down and did the number crunching and VIOLA!
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Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:05 pmby octpusgirl8
Wow that's a great idea, i was worrying about having a large tank as i live in a creaky old rowhome (no i'm not going to keep my turtle in the basement i like to look at him!), but the platform idea could assuage my concerns (and my landlords!). Beautiful setups and turtles!
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Wed Apr 11, 2007 6:08 pmby iac637
Yeah our turtle really like their setups, and i really like the tank stand the nice thing is as well with it that we can get a bigger tank and it will still fit on that stand. Both won't fit but we could get one that is even bigger on there.
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Thu Apr 12, 2007 7:15 amby Rocky YBS
nice setup you have!
and beutifull turts
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Thu Apr 12, 2007 11:26 amby Turtle addict
Nice tanks! How are your sidenecks with the basking? My New Gunnea a basker and a half but my African will not bask for anything, just wondering if it's the africans or not.
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Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:15 pmby iac637
They like to float by the light and they also bask a good bit not as much as our RES though. How high do you have the basking temp and the water temp.???
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Thu Apr 12, 2007 7:18 pmby myrtle1123
I really like the setup!! Those sidenecks are really pretty!
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Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:27 pmby iac637
We really like them they are fun because they are really different then our RES ( not that we don't love our RES they were our first so they will always be special)
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Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:29 pmby pumpkinsherbet
wow, i do so love that setup.
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Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:30 pmby iac637
Yeah we moved so they could have thier own room.
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Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:18 pmby grey goose
Very nice setup! I love that platform (wish I had the room for something like that).