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female acting strange

PostPosted: Sat Aug 23, 2014 8:03 pm
by blitz
So today I noticed my female on the dock today after changeing the tank form a temporary 20 gal to permanent 90 gal 3 days ago

So my female was on the dock for half an hour then it started to stick her head in her shell a few times then started to walk around in circles
My male was also basking and wasn't doing that he was just still

Its a little bit hot in the house im not sure if it was the heat

Re: female acting strange

PostPosted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 7:38 am
by steve
Maybe she was just adjusting to the temperature. Do you have any temp readings?

Re: female acting strange

PostPosted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 12:12 pm
by blitz
I do have some temps but they changa alot in the morning the tank temp is 78 but in the afternoin its 85... I dont have a heater. For there dock I kinda got a ruff estimate by useing the water thermometer it said in the morning it was around 87 byt then later is said 98 so I turned of there lamp. I flet her when she started acting funny she flet warm. She is acting normal right now

Re: female acting strange

PostPosted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 4:29 pm
by steve
I was referring to the basking temperature. 85 is a bit high for water temps. Can you post a picture of your setup?

Re: female acting strange

PostPosted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 4:37 pm
by blitz
Ok in the morning the basking temp was 87 then it later turned to like high 90s so around 87 so I turned of basking light I will try posting setup but im haveing trouble with new tank syndrome so its a bit hard to see

Re: female acting strange

PostPosted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 5:53 pm
by blitz
Im haveing son trubles posting pictures
But i will try saying what I have. The tank was bought used it was always a turtle tank

90 gal with fuval 305
My basking dock is a coustom made its in the corner of tank its like a small triangle tank sliconed to the the tank it has sand in it, both turltes can fit their sizes are female 6" male 4"
Basking light is a 100 wat house light (have it off unless the house is cold)
There is no substrat right now but im buying some sand soon

She just went on the dock I without the lamp I will keep and eye on her

Sorry for errors is easy to make mistakes on mobile

Re: female acting strange

PostPosted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 6:41 pm
by steve
Alright, let us know if there any issues. You might have to review how things are setup in the tank once you get a hang of the basics.