Habitat - Indoor :: my final set up :)

[actorial]

hi ya! im new to RES keeping and enjoying it now as they are really cute. love them more and more each day.

here are some pictures of gmil and emil house. please give some comments and feedback so i can improve for them.



gmil is closing relaxing while basking cute isnt it?



closed up of gmil



gmil basking again!

welcome to their house!!



before added the "grass"





basking area



slope up



bath tub



equipment list:
1)200W heater
2)imperial F-1600 422GPH filter rate (the box say 1600 liters per hour)
3)sun glo 50W tight beam basking lamp.
4)some big rock
5)a bath tub! a sleeping place for them actually
6)some plastic plant
7)driftwood
50 gallon tank
9)15 gallon tank (basking area)
10)bath tub ( you know what i mean )

i had upgrade and upgrade and upgrade if you guys realize i had been posting pics. but this will be the last set up for now that last a few years until they grow bigger.


that's it! spend a whole week doing all these for them but worth it i guess they deserve a better home. hope you guys like that pics!

do take a look and give comment comments make people improve as well so im open all to suggestion

[francinemarie]

that is awesome! i love the spot you made for them to rest and sleep in! what type of bowl did you use for that & where can you buy it? those also look like huge suction cups & i'm assuming you used silicone gel to glue them on the resting spot/bowl. may i ask where you got those too?

of course as they grow older you'll need a better basking area & bigger resting spot, but other than that i absolutely love the layout!! great job

[actorial]

haha! you had fell for the trick that is a soap dish i learned that from a guy in forum. and bought it today to put it into my tank. the suction cups come with the dish itself and just need to attach them on. no hassle at all

[francinemarie]

haha! you had fell for the trick that is a soap dish i learned that from a guy in forum. and bought it today to put it into my tank. the suction cups come with the dish itself and just need to attach them on. no hassle at all

hahaha awesome! i've never seen a soap dish like that before. what particular store did you buy it from?

[actorial]

just some departmental store which sell lots of stuffs. i just pick a "not-so-soap-dish" like soap dish and it turn out to be quite nice. gmil and emil love themjust only when i put it down. they ate there too

[francinemarie]

just some departmental store which sell lots of stuffs. i just pick a "not-so-soap-dish" like soap dish and it turn out to be quite nice. gmil and emil love themjust only when i put it down. they ate there too

haha awww. i just realized that if i make that soap dish thing, i don't think my turtle will fit in it. even if its a big soap dish, she most likely won't fit .

[francinemarie]

how big is your tank again?

[Chrisbarnett]

then flip the soap dish over and use it as a platform.

I have a sleeping dock for squirt that is a clear suction cup soap dish flipped upside down. he faithfully sleeps up there every night. got one of em at OSH, the other at Target.

[actorial]

mine is a 50 gallon tank.50+ to be exact but just rate it at 50

[zoologist]

look good. i'd be careful about the little house you have for them. it would be quite possible for the them to get wedged in the house or trapped if they get a little too big. trust me, it happened to my ex's turtle

[actorial]

i will remove the little house soon. since they dun go in at all. lol! and putting it inside will only cause me to wash one more thing every week. so yah...on the next water changing i will remove it

[francinemarie]

then flip the soap dish over and use it as a platform.

I have a sleeping dock for squirt that is a clear suction cup soap dish flipped upside down. he faithfully sleeps up there every night. got one of em at OSH, the other at Target.

oh i didn't think of thtat. do they make soap dishes that are longer the 6 inches & bigger ?

[Chrisbarnett]

They do, but they are called corner trays or something.

You could stick 2 soap dishes lengthwise next to each other to solve that problem.

[francinemarie]

They do, but they are called corner trays or something.

You could stick 2 soap dishes lengthwise next to each other to solve that problem.

haha yea that's true. i wonder if i need a resting area for Crush because my tank is a 20 long, so there's not much height in the tank. since i don't have much height to my tank, would you suggest for me to still make it? if not, then i could make her a more natural resting spot on the bottom of the tank.

[actorial]

check it out!