Habitat - Indoor :: Corkbark bay (W/PICTURES)

[marisa]

easy2putt, I think you'd be surprised---they're very good climbers. The usual way of placing it would be to have the outer part of the bark out of the water. Keep it the way you want, but it is upside down. Eventually corkbark becomes waterlogged and won't float; the way you have it, it will become waterlogged more quickly. The ridges and bumps would also allow them to dry out their plastrons better when they bask.

[MissMandy]

easy2putt, this looks good. I read you ordered yours online, but did you say they sell it at Michaels craft store? thanks

[easy2putt]

easy2putt, this looks good. I read you ordered yours online, but did you say they sell it at Michaels craft store? thanks

NEGATIVE, I went to Michael's, and surprisingly, they had no idea what cork bark was..they thought I was referring to cork board..lol..anyway I got mine from petdiscounters.com..they shipped very quickly.

[easy2putt]

easy2putt, I think you'd be surprised---they're very good climbers. The usual way of placing it would be to have the outer part of the bark out of the water. Keep it the way you want, but it is upside down. Eventually corkbark becomes waterlogged and won't float; the way you have it, it will become waterlogged more quickly. The ridges and bumps would also allow them to dry out their plastrons better when they bask.

hmm..now you have me thinking..I guess that's why I keep having all those cork particles still floating around..okay I flipped it with the outer side out..

[bowser_howser]

I used this same idea, but so I wouldn't have to jam the cork bark in there too tightly I used pvc pipes and suction cups to hold the cork bark in place.
I love it!

[papoopeepoo]

The bubbles are from dissolved gases in the water usually.

The highly gaseous water (gasified by the filter splashing) travels to the side of the tank, and the bubbles fall out of solution, and propagate on the glass.

PS. That is just a guess

nice chemistry talk attempted. haha im guessing you meant vaporized when you said gasified. i think it has something to do with the air bubbles sticking to the side of the imperfect glass pane, then the water rises above it leaving them there until agitated. that's also a guess.

[blackforces get you]

Bubbles usually happen when you do a water change too.

yeah i do water changes but i never get those bubbles lol. they look pretty cool though but after a water change they get on the turtles plastron instead of the tank