Habitat - Indoor :: Improved set up

[GThiele93]

I was told that I should remove my gravel from the tank. Today I did and it looks great and im planning on throwing some anarchis in there soon(and bubble wand).
Its a ten gallon tank. I'm wondering if the lights a little close? But I want it closer so I can get the temp up to 90 because one of my turtles has been acting weird latley. There are two baby hatchlings.











Here was the old setup(not sure if the lamp is visible but it is towards the top of the picture.)






Here are the items that are in there

100wt submergable heater
Small basking platform
Fluval1 Filter
5.5 clamp lamp (up to 75wt)
50 wt UVB/heat bulb
















Is there anything at all I need or should change?

[emma]

That looks like a GREAT improvment. For the heater, your turtles can get burned buy it can they? You might want to add some fake plants that have suction cups to the tank, or something they could maybe hide in. I don't know about the light, someone else might know something more on that.

[GThiele93]

That looks like a GREAT improvment. For the heater, your turtles can get burned buy it can they? You might want to add some fake plants that have suction cups to the tank, or something they could maybe hide in. I don't know about the light, someone else might know something more on that.

Thanks

[N4784N R4613]

That light does NOT produce any UVB. It can be very misleading, when they say "basking bulb" or "full-spectrum," but for it to work as a UVB bulb, it has to say on the box UVB. Not UVA. It will work as a nice heat bulb(you can use a household bulb for heat), but you still need to get a bulb that says it produces UVB. If you get a florescent(most common) make sure it is 5% UVB, or higher.

Very nice set-up otherwise, good luck with the UVB!!!

[GThiele93]

That light does NOT produce any UVB. It can be very misleading, when they say "basking bulb" or "full-spectrum," but for it to work as a UVB bulb, it has to say on the box UVB. Not UVA. It will work as a nice heat bulb(you can use a household bulb for heat), but you still need to get a bulb that says it produces UVB. If you get a florescent(most common) make sure it is 5% UVB, or higher.

Very nice set-up otherwise, good luck with the UVB!!!

Thank you very much I'll be sure to get the UVB today or tommorow