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Terry&Donny
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Joined: 11 May 2007
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Hi. I Have seen some pictures of ''spot lamps'' on here for Turtles to sunbathe, Is it inportant to get one for my 2 baby RES or is it a thing to worry about when there adults?
The setup i have is:
*Fluval 3 Filter
*UVB Tube
*Heater
Heres a picture of my tank...
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MinisMommy
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| Posted: Fri Jun 22, 2007 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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| You need to have BOTH UVB and UVA rays on your turtle... this is very important for proper growth and development as well as digestation, and nutrients. Make sure you get a UVA and not just a UVB. Tank looks good! |
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Terry&Donny
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| Posted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 5:26 am Post subject: |
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As the tank i have is only tempary, im going to get a bigger one in about 8months once they have grown bigger.
I went out and bought a:...
*Spotlamp Bulb Holder
*40watt Classic Bulb
Iv noticed since iv put it in, water temp has gone up (obvious reasons) and the Turtles have noticed the Bulb has been installed. They keep popping their heads up every now and then more that usuall now to get abit of heat.
Iv attached some pictures to show what i have done. I Just hope it will be ok.
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Terry&Donny
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 10:04 am Post subject: |
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The Basking light is now installed, Whenever I walk into the room whilst there Sun batheing, I think there Vunrable, do they panic and swim off when any of you walk in the room?
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ryanandsuzyro
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| All the time, hahaha. It's pretty common to come in the apartment door and hear "skitterskitterSPLOOSH." Flee instinct you know? No real big deal. You're a big moving thing while they're vulnerable out of the water. Tucker now has gotten brave enough he will stay basking sometimes when we walk in. We'll have a staring contest and THEN he'll jump in the water. Heh. |
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Terry&Donny
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 12:44 pm Post subject: |
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| ryanandsuzyro wrote: | | All the time, hahaha. It's pretty common to come in the apartment door and hear "skitterskitterSPLOOSH." Flee instinct you know? No real big deal. You're a big moving thing while they're vulnerable out of the water. Tucker now has gotten brave enough he will stay basking sometimes when we walk in. We'll have a staring contest and THEN he'll jump in the water. Heh. |
HA HA HA!!! Yep they do the exact same thing to me, how long do i have to keep the basking lamp on?
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ryanandsuzyro
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| Posted: Mon Jun 25, 2007 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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| I leave the main uv light on for about 12 hours and the basking for 11. Could probably do the basking for less... it's not like Tucker goes to sleep until all the lights in the house are out anyways. |
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Terry&Donny
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| Posted: Tue Jun 26, 2007 9:49 am Post subject: |
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Iv now put a plug timer on the lamp switches on 10am and off at 6pm.
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