Photo Gallery :: New 75 gallon!! Lots of Pics!

[orca_gurl12]

HURRAY! My new tank is FINALLY set up! Just a little side note, since these pictures were taken I have also added an EHEIM 2236 filter.



I had to stand in my closet to get this shot because the tank is SO big!

Ahhh. Turtle Heaven!

The white chunks are cuttlebone. He can only eat it if it's small.

Soaking in some uumm....fake sun?

You can see a bit of his pyramiding here. Hopefully his new UVB light, lots of veggies, and cuttlebone will correct that soon! Poor baby, he had a rough start in life. He was bought in Mexico and then kept with another RES that was dead for a week before anyone noticed, never had his filter cleaned and only had a heat lamp and very little water. Luckily I convinced his former owner to let me have him! HURRAY! Now he lives in paradise!

Bottoms up! This is the view from UNDER the tank! Cool huh?

Come on, we all know you love the orange lipstick!

Striking a pose!


Some upgrades in the future include: A water heater for the winter, live plants, larger basking dock, more rocks and some driftwood as tree roots and a pirate ship! (By the way, is this too many pics at one time? )

[jenaero]

Looks good! I was thinking it was bare but I see you're going to take care of that. Maybe a few fake plants for him to rest on?

[tauc87]

in the 7th picture it looks like he's smiling haha!:) so cute! huge tank. i need one lol.

[myahs_mommy]

Very cute turtle, nice tank setup too

[Starchick]

Big tank! Little turtle! Big tank! Little turtle!

[industrial_girl_2000]

He looks so happy in that new tank!

[zero_tails]

aww i want a 75 gal...where his filter btw. i think its cuz i cant see it.

[marisa]

Love the pic of him smiling. It looks like he knows a secret.

[adam85491]

aww i want a 75 gal...where his filter btw. i think its cuz i cant see it.

since these pictures were taken I have also added an EHEIM 2236 filter.

[pumpkinsherbet]

uh oh it's looking like serra's got some competition on the ham aspect haha what a cute little turtle.

great setup, just add a couple plants the little one will love it

[Hoooneylynn]

do you have a heater?

[berkleykc]

Great pics!

[gameragirl]

He looks so happy! What a cutie. That's so cool that you rescued her (him?). I love the smile!

[orca_gurl12]

Hoooneylynn, no I don't have a heater right now. It's on the way though. I talked with a local reptile store owner who also raises turtles and he says that it is warm enough were we live that I could turn off the water heater for the summer. Having the heater off in the summer also helps to slow water evaporation. My grandparent's pool, which is MUCH lager than the tank and is not indoors (our house is pretty warm) is already in the 70's. He will DEFINENETLY have a water heater for fall though!

As far as plants and more decorations goes he will be getting more soon. My birthday is this Sunday so I will soon be coming into a little extra cash I was thinking about building him a basking platform out of PVC and a piece of tile. I want to figure out someway to make it float on top of the water so it changes with the water level. Does anyone have any ideas where to get a sunken pirate ship sort of thing? All the ones I have found have been VERY small. Anyways, hope you are all having a great day and thank you for all of the suggestions.

[steve]

Hi orca_gurl12, you can ease up on the pellets www.redearslider.com/pellets.html

Anyway, he looks very happy! The water heater is recommended to stabilize water temperatures for indoor captive turtles. I'm not sure of your temp ranges, but its always good to have around and they are not too expensive.

Tile (ceramic) is pretty heavy and can make a great basking area. However, you'd want it to stay in a fixed spot because it will damage and possible break a glass tank if it is tipped over.