General Care Discussion

Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 3:37 pm **Turt likes to hide under filter?**

My 6 month old RES likes to hide under the filter . . . I wasnt sure if this was a bad thing or not . . .it's up high enough so that she can fit under it no problem i was just curious if this was common. I think she might just like the bubbles or something, we have a lot of plants in there she likes to hide under sometimes but she chooses the filter 80 percent of the time . . . just checking

Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 4:49 pm

Doesn't sound unusual. They do like spots where they can hide and feel safe. I created a large cave in my tank for my turtle to hide in when she wants to. She loves it.

Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 5:06 pm

what did you create the cave out of?

Posted: Tue Jul 18, 2006 9:21 pm

A plastic crate. I cut out one side and put a heavy slate sidewalk stone on top to hold it down under the water. There are pictures of it in my turtle gallery. Link is in my signature.

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 12:29 am

If your turtle is small enough, I've seen some people use a PVC elbow for a cave.

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:20 am

Here's my turt by the PVC pipe. I don't know how much they hide in it, but they love swimming through it.

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 9:57 am

hey that is a neat thing for the turtle to swim through good idea!! :wink:

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 10:02 am

Spookster wrote:A plastic crate. I cut out one side and put a heavy slate sidewalk stone on top to hold it down under the water. There are pictures of it in my turtle gallery. Link is in my signature.

i was looking at ur turtle how big is it?

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 5:06 pm

kayla_2305 wrote:
Spookster wrote:A plastic crate. I cut out one side and put a heavy slate sidewalk stone on top to hold it down under the water. There are pictures of it in my turtle gallery. Link is in my signature.
i was looking at ur turtle how big is it?

between 9-10 inches

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 5:24 pm

Spookster wrote:
kayla_2305 wrote:
Spookster wrote:A plastic crate. I cut out one side and put a heavy slate sidewalk stone on top to hold it down under the water. There are pictures of it in my turtle gallery. Link is in my signature.
i was looking at ur turtle how big is it?

between 9-10 inches

i thought it was around 12 inches or so it is pretty big my biggest turtle is about 2 and a half inches not very big :roll:

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