Habitat - Indoor

corey7144 wrote:Made this with the help of my dad a few years back. He had some extra stainless steel from a job he worked.

[Pics]

Looks great! I tried something like this but was having a hard time with hard water eating away at the metal mesh material you have in your pictures... you have any issues with this yourself (doesn't seem that way from the pics)?

My wife and I moved into our first apartment a couple of months ago, thought I would share some pictures.

Just cleaned their tanks today. Not much has changed with either habitat besides some cosmetic things largely.

Hickory (Western Painted) in his 40 gallon breeder. I gave him free run of the den today while I was cleaning and he loved it!

He followed me around like a puppy the entire time:

Winnie (African Sideneck) in her 70 gallon. Having trouble with natural light and algae build-up near the basking sandbox, but I'm not sure if there is any health risk for her. I try to clean it up weekly:

Cheers!

Oh, and these aquarium stands kick butt. Super sturdy and really easy to put together (if you knew me you'd understand what a statement that is coming from me, lol).

Very nice and clean looking tanks!

steve wrote:Very nice and clean looking tanks!

Thanks, Steve!

I know about the running joke, but can you share pictures of any of your super, top secret set-ups? :lol:

Give something for the rest of us to aspire to!

Also, pro-tip for any prospective African Sideneck caretakers: be prepared to disassemble and clean your canister filter tubes often... they shed their skin like crazy and it clogs them up. :cry:

My setups are awfully plain. If I do ever get a new setup, I promise to post pics

Would a finer strainer catch more of shed skin?

Haha, yay!

And that is a good idea - any idea what materials I might use to construct one? The only problem though is that if it's too fine it won't allow other larger debris through and the water potentially won't be as clean.

What kind of filter do you have now?

I have an Eheim 2215 in both aquariums.

I'm not sure if there's a complete solution here, but it's actually clogging up the tubes?

turtlenojutsu wrote:
corey7144 wrote:Made this with the help of my dad a few years back. He had some extra stainless steel from a job he worked.

[Pics]

Looks great! I tried something like this but was having a hard time with hard water eating away at the metal mesh material you have in your pictures... you have any issues with this yourself (doesn't seem that way from the pics)?

Nothing yet and it's been years. Unless you mean the screen cause that was new since I got a bigger tank. Nothing yet on that either though.

steve wrote:Another reason for me to not like those. Did you get that resin platform?

Not yet. The tank is currently too small to take in another basking area. They're in a 5.5 galloon tank (16 in x 8 in x 10 in).

Last edited by thedorment on Sun Aug 14, 2016 10:51 pm, edited 2 times in total.

i made this after i upgraded my res tank from a 15gal to a 37 gal easy and free crate

RES: Name Ruby 1.5 years old

http://i.imgur.com/1CqBZuP.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ev5HdG2.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/Bb0ruEb.jpg

bah i cant figure out how to make the images smaller

Habitat - Indoor :: POST YOUR BASKING AREA PICTURES HERE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Who is online