Habitat - Indoor

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:41 pm **Re-arrangement heebie jeebies?**

I come home from work to find my man modified the 3 RES's basking area for the better, doubled the room and added a little sandbox and some plants. I like it. However, he says they havent been up there yet and I'm figureing it is because their home was re-arranged. You think they might have the re-arrangement heebie jeebies?

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:47 pm

yes. Give them a few days to a week, they'll bask.

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:49 pm

Ok and the basking temp seems to be sticking around 90.3 that's about right isnt it? They also got new light fixtures the other day with a brand new uva uvb light.

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:51 pm

Whats the water temp?

90.3 should be fine if they basked at that temp before, my turt prefers 95-96 though.

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:53 pm

Water temp is room temp. I've never had a heater and they have been doing well

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 8:58 pm

well what is room temp?

You really should know what your turtles water temp is.

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:14 pm

Room temp is about 75

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:16 pm

Okay, that is fine then, but it is not 75 all the time, so you should have a heater to protect from temp drops at night.

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:19 pm

We are in a 2 bedroom apartment and they are in a 7 foot by 4 foot pond. It's always hot in here

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:22 pm

wow, didn't know they were in a pond. that's a pretty big pond. But still, it would be good to have a digital thermometer for about 6 bucks to check basking and water temps.

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:24 pm

I'm workin on a pic, gimme a sec

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:38 pm

Ok, here is their home. They are in there somewhere

That is the pirahna (sp?) in the 10 gallon house on the shelf. You can see it's eye. It's hiding behind the fake plants I dunno if it's a boy or girl. So I call it....IT LOL

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:50 pm

those are some huge fish. how deep is the water?

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 9:52 pm

About 1.5 to 2 feet. somewhere around there. I have to add a 5 gallon bucket of water once or twice a week due to evaporation. I raised the koi from babies about 3 inches when I got em. The big orange one is a foot and a half or so, the medium sized one is just under a foot, and the smallest one is maybe a 3/4 foot. Hard to measure them LOL

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 10:00 pm

jealousy is running over me.

a pond outdoor is nice, but i think an INDOOR POND is just crazy cool. its like having a 500 gallon tank hahahahha who couldnt use that?!

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