Habitat - Indoor :: New above tank basking area

[Slats]

I completed an above-tank basking area for my two turtles. They love it! I used plexi-glass so that the light would shine through and keep the tank bright. I also used one of the floating turtle docks backwards (with the suction cups) to give them a ramp up to a rock on the plexi-glass. It is working like a charm and it has given them 65 full gallons of swimming area.

Thanks for all the tips and advice on this site!

[SpotsMama]

How cool! So they like to go up and bask in it?

[Blue Flamingo]

Nice!!!!

[Slats]

How cool! So they like to go up and bask in it?

Absolutely! They are relatively shy baskers (when I walk into the room they panic and jump into the water) so I started them on the ramp by placing treats on it. I left a trail up the ramp and onto the rock. The next day, all the treats were gone. Now, whenever I go into the room, one of the turtles is up on the rock or the ramp basking. So it seems to be a success.

[DavidY]

That was a neat trick!

[Weirdkid]

If you don't mind me asking, what did you use to make it?

[Slats]

I used melamene (sp?) and plexiglass. Three sides are melamene and the front is thin plexiglass. After nailing, gluing and painting it, I placed it over my tank. Before that, I had placed a thicker plexiglass on one half of the tank, with a large basking rock. Finally, I attached the turtle ramp to the tank glass and the above tank plexiglass using the suction cups.

Hope this is not too confusing....

[marisa]

It looks very nice.