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  1. Bluemonster107

    Summer Heat and Outdoor pond ....

    I moved my 2 red ear sliders and their 4 goldfish tank mates to an outdoor 150g stock tank.... well... the weather decided to spike up and now 106 deg.... making my poor pond water soooo hot... I have tried shading with big patio umbrellas and a few frozen bottles.... any other tips to keep the...
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    Heat - Max Exposure?

    We had an aquarium bust (110g flooding) and so the flood restoration company has set a bunch of industrial fans and industrial de-humidifiers up... causing the ambient temp in our house to skyrocket.... thus resulting in my animal enclosures to also skyrocket. My 1.5 year old sulcata "Charlie"...
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    Grazing outdoor, amount, length?

    Since my 'Pasture Mix' is super long , I placed Charlie out in the tub for about an hour... he was just munchn away and inspecting all over... I did place him a water dish and there was a completely shaded area if too hot. My question is... since its warming up here and he can go outside more...
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    Green thumb proud!!

    So.. do those of you like me... that can't grow anything and have the worst time with plants.... just pick up some pasture mix from www.groworganic.com/premium-horse-pasture-mix-irrigation.html (thank you @Tom for suggestion)... You will feel such satisfaction when you see those little green...
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    Pasture seed mix - little growing help pls

    Okay!! My "pasture seed" arrived from groworganic.com.... I am terrible with plants... my "plan" is to grow the mix in the little kiddie pool (predator cover will keep birds from stealing the seed too ;-) )... okay, so I drilled some drain holes... put some river rocks for drainage.. filled with...
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    Promote a "good" shed?

    any tips to help RES promote a "good" shed... besides "basking"? My smaller turtle doesn't seem to "shed" much... his shell is "dingy" cloudy colored like he needs to get some layers off... the larger female shell seems to shed, as she doesn't have that color and I find larger pieces of shell...
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    aquarium silicone issue...

    Problem.... Turtles needed a bigger home I say....Expand the tank size I say... it will be fun I say.... cant find anything local... look on craigs list I say.... "Huston... we have a problem"..... so I should have figured there had to be some sort of leak or spill when the corner of the tank...
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    Humid Box... sleep box... do something different?

    well... Mr. Charlie doesn't seem to like his little 'hide/humid' box....... something someone can suggest that he might take to better? or just leave him alone since he likes where he sleeps? :-) he just finished taking laps around his enclosure and now was a perfect time to take a pic where he...
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    Heater for 120g

    I currently am using the 250w Aqueon Pro aquarium heater to keep a pretty constant water temp.... well, that was on my 60g .... should I add another one since I just upgraded to the 120g? In the water are 2 red ear sliders and 4 big ol goldfish.... the water (in the 60g) stayed about 75 ...
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    10.0 UVB or 5.0 UVB ? RES bask area

    I am constructing an additional dock area and need to replace the Combo Hood with bulbs and wondered which one I really should be using? My reptiles use the "strip type" bulbs but not feasible in the Red Ear slider bask area, so I use the combo domes. One of the Bulbs is a 75w splash guard bask...
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    California water and Turtles -Pink!

    Anyone out there dealing with poor water quality in central California or areas surrounding? I have noticed recently... only over the past year or less... all of the plastic fittings I have on my fish aquariums Turning pink! And just one toilet of ours (strange) refills the bowel with "pinkish"...
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    RES water amount?

    What is the suggested amount of water for a Red Ear Slider? basically I have mine housed indoors and am now thinking of creating an outdoor water pond/feature for them and wondered about how much water is suggested to have for them to swim in? Like is it based of size? or a general rule of...
  13. Bluemonster107

    Calcium plus D3

    i use the ExoTerra Calcium +D3 to dust Crickets for my beardie.... can I use this same powder to lightly dust my sulcatas 'greens' ? or should I be using a different kind? I see they have a Calcium without D3 as well. Is there a preferred brand ? thanks so much!
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    Food - indoor housed

    so I didn't even give it much thought... have been giving my indoor housed 1yr old sulcata a salad mix of dandelion-collard green-mustard green... he's only like 3".. I place about a cup of the mix on a saucer in the morning and a new mix late afternoon. I know I need to get him some other...
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    Humid Hide Box temp? Placement?

    recomended placement, indoor enclosure/juvenile sulcata, for the Humid Hide Boxes? Closer to the warm side of enclosure (keeping underside substrate moist)? Or closer to the cool side of enclosure (keeping substrate moist)?
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    Gnats... Top Soil... change or prevention? - California

    I did a search through threads here (old.. nothing recent and no definitive solutions) and google search but boy oh boy.... a few different options I have seen. So I have this organic top soil with my little Sulcata while he hangs out in a little 10gallon waiting for me to finish his enclosure...
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    Percentage of enclosure UVB light coverage ?

    What is the 'recommended' or guideline of percentage of coverage of a 10.0 UVB strip light in an enclosure? For example : if I have a 4'x8' long enclosure, how long of a UVB strip light should I have in it? Just to make sure I have proper coverage while indoors. ALL suggestions, ideas...
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    Light for night?

    hello all!! Newbie here! I acquired a 1.5year old sulcata today... so very cute and so super excited! Love the idea of how long it will be around and how big he/she may get. Anyway... this store sold us on the lighting when we left that I am not fond of... they sent me off with the "red" heat...
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