Habitat - Indoor :: turtle setup - what do you think?

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Post Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 10:39 pm   turtle setup - what do you think?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MqDVX9wi7c

My turtle setup right now, what do you guys think?

Getting the basking dock to work has been HELL. I'm getting so exhausted of everything not working. Anyone have some advice?
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Post Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 12:12 am   Re: turtle setup - what do you think?

it looks nice, but how long are those turtles and how many gallons is that tank? you could try fishing line for those basking docks, i had a friend suspend a piece of wood that way once in his setup, although i've just stayed away from those docks since they're so small and pricey, great for little turtles, not so great for bigger ones as im sure you're noticing
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Post Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 2:17 am   Re: turtle setup - what do you think?

I'm not sure how many gallons the tank is, it's not like others as it's kind of shallow and has the black frame :S

Ah fishing line, I'll try that. Been trying to find some kind of string or wire all day that won't rust or mess with the water.
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Post Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 3:28 am   Re: turtle setup - what do you think?

that tank looks kinda small for one of those RES of that size, none the less two, you might want to measure it out and calculate how many gallons are in it, for every inch of shell length in a turtle, that's 10 gallons of water, and yes you need to add the shell length of both turtles together
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Post Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2011 3:53 pm   Re: turtle setup - what do you think?

If that's a UVB lamp over the basking area, the necessary rays will be filtered out. To find out how big the tank is in gallons take L(in) x W(in) x H(in) / 231
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