Habitat - Indoor :: Here is River and Chubbs new space, so excited!

Turtle tank setups and other indoor configurations.

Post Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:11 am   Here is River and Chubbs new space, so excited!

Well we finally got the new tank set up. I think if they are both boys...This can be their new forever home. It is a 135 gallon tank. My room is only 10X12 so I couldn't even back up far enough to get a picture of the whole tank in one shot. It is so huge!

When I first put them in there...They were freaked out and stayed swimming in the same amount of space they had in the 20 gal...After the night I woke up to find them happily swimming and basking all day. I got the biggest floating turtle dock petco sells. When they become adults I may have to buy another.

Let me know what you think. They are so fun to watch. My husband says the tank looks lame cause there are just 2 tiny turtles in there swimming around. I said well they need that much space and I think they look fine. We should probably get some fake plants and silicone them to something heavy so they don't float away after the turts play with them. We were thinking of adding a few swordtails too though, just for looks. Something fast and skinny that they can't catch to eat. I don't know why but they won't eat their little goldfish friend that is in their with them...I know he is fatty but I have had him forever before I knew that and I didn't have anywhere else to put him.

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Pics of their new mansion

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There set up just days ago. Their Studio apartment

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Their very first set up, when they were hatchlings.
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Post Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:13 am   

Wow sorry guys it looks like I might have to try and repost these tomorrow, they are really tiny. Plus the pic does not just come up anymore you actually have to click on a link to see it...That is weird. hu
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Post Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:41 am   

They are small :)

To make them show up, make sure you add [img]before%20the%20link%20for%20each%20one,%20and[/img] after.
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Post Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:17 am   

Congrats on your new BIG tank!!! The kids will LOVE it, even if they aren't that used to it at first. And you will get a kick out of how HAPPY they will be from now on. I noticed a BIG difference in Sheba's attitude when I upgraded her tank too. Hopefully in about a month, you will be posting about how happy they are in the new turtle mansion!!! :)
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Post Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 1:35 pm   

Okay, that woks nicely. Thanks Steve...now the pics are bigger. Yeah now you can actually see the turtles in the pictures. They have so much more room. They are being picky currently. I gave them some romain last night and they still haven't even eaten half of and they are begging! I won't give in though! Oh industrial girl congrats on your new baby Siobhan. Are you going to put him in with Sheba when he gets over 4" or so?
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Post Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 2:12 pm   

RiverChubbs wrote:Oh industrial girl congrats on your new baby Siobhan. Are you going to put him in with Sheba when he gets over 4" or so?


Thanks! No, I will never put Siobhan & Sheba in the same tank no matter how big Siobhan gets. As sweet/docile as Sheba is to me, she is EXTREMELY monstrously aggressive towards any tankmates. YIKES!
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Post Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:15 pm   

Ah what a silly girl...Ok yeah some are like like. So I guess you'll have like 2 75 gallon tanks one day?
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Post Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:51 pm   

Well, I already have one 90-gallon tank now which Sheba lives in. Siobhan is in a 20gal until he/she grows to almost 3 inches & then baby will also get a "big turtle tank". :)
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Post Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:11 pm   

Wow! Spot's jealous! Beautiful biiiiiig tank.
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Post Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:28 pm   

Great set-up.
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Post Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:13 pm   

Beautiful tank! Tell hubby not to worry, they will need all that room soon enough..... :)
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Post Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 8:35 pm   

That looks fantastic! Where did you get the background?
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Post Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 9:09 pm   

Wonderful tank, what filter do you use the waters so clear! I hopeing to get a huge tank for my b-day in a couple of weeks. What are the tank demensions? They look so happy!
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Post Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:48 am   Re: Backround, deminsions and filter

marisa wrote:That looks fantastic! Where did you get the background?

Actually the backround came with the tank ( I purchased it used for $100 isn't that great no leaks or cracks and hardly any scrathes only top left a little. Yeah the backround doesn't quite cover the whole back but oh well.

Also the dimensions are 24" high X 18" wide and 72" long so like 2' X 1 1/2' X 6 feet. It takes up a lot of room in our small office as you can see we can't even reach some of our books on the book shelf now...but it is nice to look at and I am glad they have a place to play and swim now.

The filter I thought was very expensive it is a Fluval 405 it filters up to 100 gallons. It was $199.99 at petco but it will be worth it...cause less cleaning. I had to keep my old one too because the tank is 135 gallons. My old Fluval 2 filter is good for 30 gallons. So I am actually 5 gallons short...but I'll just keep an eye on it and maybe clean it out often. I think it is way easir to clean the filter then to clean the whole tank.

Thanks guys. It was a lot of work but not as bad as I thought...and a good result.
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Post Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:35 pm   

Sounds like you did good! :)
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