Habitat - Indoor :: Upgrading setup questions

[TehMuff1nM4n]

Ugh, this got expensive fast. $225 spent so far and still need to buy a filter and sand. Possibly some aquatic plants. Probably going to be $400 after all is said and done.

[zoologist]

The MVB i use doesn't have to be replaced every year, but every 18 months. and it doesn't drop as much UVB as other UVB lamps and MVB. Here is the link:
http://www.reptileuv.com/megaray-sb-100 ... b-lamp.php

and $225? Thats nothing! i spend over $550 to get my turtle set up in her current 50g tank with an xp2 and that includes lamps, sand, basking area, accessories many people here have spent over $1000!

[TehMuff1nM4n]

$400 is quite a good chunk though when you have no steady income.

Only good news, is that the site I am ordering from doesn't charge tax in NY like others.

BTW, can anyone recommend real/fake plants that my turtle won't try to eat? My tank is going to look pretty empty so I figure I will be putting in a fake log for it to hide in and then some plants in there.

[steve]

Fake plants could be eaten too. Depending on the turtle, you might have to rethink what you need to put in there.

[TehMuff1nM4n]

Got a decent deal on a filter. $114 shipped for a Fluval 404, could be worse.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0327343705

Anyways, I am pretty much complete! Now I just wait for everything to come in and pick up some sand and plants.

[Mauk]

404's a decent filter... hell i'm using a 403 still in my 70 gallon filled to about 50 gallons and the water is clear... i hate the spray bar though