Habitat - Indoor :: Is this setup okay?

Turtle tank setups and other indoor configurations.

Post Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:21 pm   Is this setup okay?

So, I recently upgraded to a 29 gallon tank and here's how it is set up.

The filter I have is for 30 gallon tanks and does 200 gallons an hour.

And that's just cardboard taped to that corner of the basking spot. All I can think of right now. Both of my RESes are about 1.5 inches.

One of those lights is a UVA and the other is the UVB.

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Post Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:51 pm   

Looks pretty good!
You may find your filter will have a bit of trouble keeping up with two turtles, but the GPH in theory is good.
For the basking area, you could try egg crate or plexi-glass as a border. I think the cardboard is a bit too flimsy, and if they wanted to, they'd probably be able to just bend it over. But hopefully it'll hold up for temporary :)
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Post Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 2:46 am   

It does look good!

seems to be very adequate for needs of the two turtles
good job on doing some research!

like bulldog mentioned, if you're looking for a good cover to protect the turtles from escaping, egg crate (also called light diffuser) is a great solution.

if you don't know where to get it, you can usually get them at most hardware stores like home depot or lowes in the lighting section

don't be surprised if the workers at those stores are clueless when you say eggcrate or light diffuser...because its common haha
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