Recent content by BastionDad

Roger that, its about 10 inches away, ill work on getting it closer

we recently changed from a mercury spot bulb to a t8 tropical tube, should we keep that on 12 hours as well?

So Zero, for the enclosure, would you recommend turning the UVB off then after some time?

Thanks! He seems for the most part pretty chill, I just get worried when he goes days without eating. Ill leave him be for a bit

Hes got a CHE and the T8 Fixture, 11 inches from the top is what we were originally running, we made the glass cover from Plexiglass to seal in humidity. It stays at about 77 to 87 pct humidity with 85 on the lamp side and it hoverse from 78-82 on the cool side. he gets a food portion the size...

Hes not eaten a good meal in about 3 days. We handle him once a day for soaks.

So our new tort Bastion is about 8 days home with us. He hid all yesterday, and hes eaten maybe 3 or 4 times, all sporadically. His temps range from 85 to about 80 on the cool side, with a CHE in a dome fixture, in a 40gallon tank, open top but with a custom covering we made. Im not sure whats...

We covered half the tank, it seems to hold the temp and humidity better. He gets up to about 89 on the hotside and 82 on the cool side during the day, night time holds at 70 with the lamp off, im gonna buy him a heat pad for under the tank until he outgrows it.

Here's another vantage point I didn't add.

Hello! New red foot owner, and super excited! We just got this little guy, we named him Bastion! So, we did some research, we wanted a lifelong buddy and we got him. We know he's gonna get bigger, and that's fine. But some general concerns have been arising as we've had him for 2 days and...