Habitat - Indoor

Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 3:57 pm **Critique My Setup Please!**

You can see my little man basking on his log

Here is a list of equipment:
2 lights (mercury vapor 100w and 75w halogen) in ceramic fixtures
tetrafauna 40gal repto filter
basking log of mopani wood
aquatic gardens powerhead 600 (to help keep good water flow)
aqueon 100w heater
thermometers
jumbo river rocks
2 fake and one live plant he likes to sleep in (but does not eat! :lol:

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Tank is 40gal

that white thing is a cuttlebone :wink:

Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 4:03 pm

Looks nice! He had a huge climb to get up there, didn't he?

Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 4:13 pm

steve wrote:Looks nice! He had a huge climb to get up there, didn't he?

Well the log is gently sloping so its not turtle olympics to get up there :lol:

Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 4:16 pm

LOL, I know, but it's good the little guy isn't lazy for the hike.

Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 4:37 pm

It looks good, great really. The basking area is very nice, where did you get it?

My only critique would be the reptofilter. They tend to not be the best suited filters for the amount of waste turtles produce so you may want to look into upgrading in the future.

Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 4:46 pm

He looks so little sitting up there. Your setup looks really nice. Good creative use of that piece of wood. I have to agree with meg about needing to upgrade the filter soon. For now though I'm sure it'll do the job for your lil guy.

Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 5:13 pm

megcornell wrote:It looks good, great really. The basking area is very nice, where did you get it?

My only critique would be the reptofilter. They tend to not be the best suited filters for the amount of waste turtles produce so you may want to look into upgrading in the future.

I agree with you guys about the filter, even now it is a little wimpy. For the time being I will be saving up for a nice Fluval, and hopefully be able to get it some time in the early fall

I got the log from petco. Its mopani wood which is dense and sinks. The few drawbacks are that it has to be excessively cleaned and soaked at first to get rid of the tannic acid that makes the water look like tea and there was a strange appearance of fungus or lichens or something for a while. But after you get over that initial hurdle, it works well and little turtle claws can grab and hang onto it nicely

Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 11:47 pm

I use just the MVB. I don't know if you NEED the 75w too. how warm is the basking spot?

Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 1:18 pm

his basking area is around 90 degrees. I tried just using the mercury light for a few days but he likes to bask more and for longer ammounts of time when I have both lights.

I couldnt tell you why for the life of me :lol:

maybe he is just a picky turtle

Posted: Sun Jun 01, 2008 7:01 pm

go with what works then!

Posted: Tue Jun 03, 2008 5:14 am

It's great! I love his basking spot and he obviously does too.

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