A whole log

[Yellow Turtle01]

I'd like to get my sliders a stock tank for the winter months when they can't outdoors, but totally stuck on what I should provide them for basking!
Could I soak a log, like a big part of a tree, to get it saturated and let the tannins get out before I put it in, and just stick it in there? I need something BIG and study and easy to grip. What do you guys use?
Thanks!

 

[dmmj]

I used a giant log for around 15 years, before it fell apart.

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

I used a giant log for around 15 years, before it fell apart.

That's a nice lifespan. Were the turtles able to easily climb up onto it?

 

[dmmj]

That's a nice lifespan. Were the turtles able to easily climb up onto it?

They had no problems climbing on it. you know claws and all.

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

They had no problems climbing on it. you know claws and all.

Nice! I just don't want them to have too much of an issue.

 

[wellington]

If you float the log and they seem to have a problem getting onto it, then some how, weight one end down, so it's in the water and on a slant and they will be able to climb up from that end easily

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

I was thinking about soaking it separately for a bit so that it doesn't want to float

 

[mike taylor]

I use a piece of drift wood I found at the lake .

 

[dmmj]

My log (hehe) was big, around 25 pounds so it didn't float. Drift wood seems like a good option, but doesn't it float something fierce? prob. have to get a big piece.

 

[mike taylor]

Yes it floats thats why its on the side . So one end is in the water the other on land . Also works as a bridge to the land area .

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

I use a piece of drift wood I found at the lake .

That's your snappers pond, right? It's so nice!
We get a lot of trees 'deposited' here, so that's a good idea

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

My log (hehe) was big, around 25 pounds so it didn't float. Drift wood seems like a good option, but doesn't it float something fierce? prob. have to get a big piece.

I'm thinking a whole tree, just cut into size
PS, don't think that's TFO 'approved'...

 

[wellington]

If you want it for a basking log, it has to float or they won't get out of the water

 

[mike taylor]

Yes its a snappers pond, but there's also two sliders in there . So it has two snappers and two sliders .

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

Alrighty, speaking of stock tanks, do you guys use anything as substrate? I really want to plant something (I'm thinking furry plants like camboda, because I heard turtles don't like it ) and so would need something to anchor it down with.

 

[mike taylor]

I use crushed granite .

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

I use crushed granite .

It doesn't get very stuck? That's great, I love having rocks
Does it hold debris terribly?

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

Where do you buy that from? I'm seeing 'decomposed' granite on HD's website, but that sounds... 'decomposed'

 

[mike taylor]

Thats the stuff . Its small rocks . I pump my pond out and spray the rocks then pump out again then refill . I'm getting a uv filter from home depot its 130 .00 $ bucks should keep the water from turning green . I have a biological filter now . I have been having trouble keeping the water clear .

 

[Yellow Turtle01]

Thats the stuff . Its small rocks . I pump my pond out and spray the rocks then pump out again then refill . I'm getting a uv filter from home depot its 130 .00 $ bucks should keep the water from turning green . I have a biological filter now . I have been having trouble keeping the water clear .

Oh hey! I saw that Is it Beckett?
Okay! Looked it up, sounds much like sand, does it get stuck at all?