Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 8:30 am
I don't want to butt in on the conversation here, $crewHead did an excellent job of talking you through this.
But for some additional advice:
1) If you can't afford a bigger GLASS tank, go buy one of those giant rubbermaid containers. They are like $15 for a 40-55 gallon one, seriously. The only catch, you should inspect them daily for cracks or leaks. But that will definitely help you out.
2) If you are using rocks as a basking area, I'd advise you stop as the rocks can fall over and kill the turtle. There are lots of random things around the house you can use, or get one of those cheap turtle docks. And there are a lot of easy above-tank-basking-areas that people have made on the board, using the smaller rubbermaid containers, laundry baskets, egg crate, plexiglass, etc.
JAX
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Baby Boy - January 9th, 2011! (3 months old)
1 RES - 7" long - Umi (3.5 years old)
1 black lab/hound mix - Josie (1.5 year old)
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