General Care Discussion :: heating & care

Taking care of your turtle's overall health.

Post Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 2:54 pm   heating & care

Hello again i've been making quite a few post because as kid I live in Los Angeles so they were from the allies and eventually died becaseu i was too young to care for them. I am now 27 and got 2 more from my gf i have had them for about 1week now and went out and bought a exo terra 5.0 uvb light which i asked a question on in the equipment review section mainly if that light causes eye problems. i have both of them in a 10gal tank with river rocks, a fake plant, a 20 gal filter, rocks pilled up to give something to climb on half in water half out, i also a little dock which dips in the water and is out so they can stay dry. since my tank is small the turtles are still about 1in is that ok? I plane to move to about 20-35gal in a month then to a 75 with in 6mnths to a year. my main questions is about heating since the tank is small i have the UVB light plus a 45watt reg bulb for the basking area the water varies from 75-80 my question is should i get a heater or can i use a heating pad under the tank to wheat the water?

if any one can help i would love it again I am trying to keep Moulder and Scully for a very long time any help would be much appreciated> thank you very much for any hep and the time you spent reading this please excuse miss spellings and my bad grammer.
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Post Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 3:00 am   Re: heating & care

A submersible water heater is best. Right now your tank is small and is easier to heat up. Once you upgrade the heating pads won't work.
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Post Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 12:26 pm   Re: heating & care

. You will need a heater with a thermostat that can keep the temp as constant as possible. Sliders don't do well with big fluxuations of temp. You may want to go to a larger tank right away as you have to up size everything as you replace tanks
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Post Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 4:25 pm   Re: heating & care

thanks for info guys.
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