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Post Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 8:58 pm   floating log large

ive been looking at stuff for picasso to play with i think hes entirely bored. he has nothing to play with. my tank set up is currently cascade 700 a large floating dock and my water heater right under the dock for some privacy. but im getting some flat rocks to silicone some plastic plants too. any one use the floating logs? picasso is about 4" wide and 5.5" long
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Post Posted: Fri Jun 26, 2009 11:47 pm   

I don't think they make a floating log large enough for a turtle that size... at least not that I've seen. My turtle is about the same size and he fits in the largest size of this turtle log:

http://www.petco.com/product/102891/Zoo ... pFB_ZooMed
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Post Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 3:30 pm   

can you post pictures of how you use your log?
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Post Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 3:51 pm   

These are the only pics I have of my tank as it is right now... It's a 120 gallon tank for size reference. The log is in the lower right corner. I don't have any pics of him in the log on this computer, but he likes to hide inside of it. Someday he will outgrow it, but he fits comfortably in it for right now.

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Post Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 6:36 pm   

all right thank you! the only difference is size and your suction cup plants. but thanks alot
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Post Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 11:16 pm   

Meltedspork: That tank is absolutely beautiful! It is SOOOO big.
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Post Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 5:52 pm   

Caphits wrote:Meltedspork: That tank is absolutely beautiful! It is SOOOO big.


Thanks! I'm working on adding more decorations and things. I just got a background for it, but haven't put it on yet. I basically just moved everything from my 55g to the 120g, so I didn't have enough stuff to fill it.
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Post Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 7:08 pm   

meltedspork wrote:I don't think they make a floating log large enough for a turtle that size... at least not that I've seen. My turtle is about the same size and he fits in the largest size of this turtle log:

http://www.petco.com/product/102891/Zoo ... pFB_ZooMed


I was thinking of that, or a piece of cork bark to just float around at random.

Some people have also tried air stones, ping pong balls, tank ornaments and river rocks to give their turtles something to do besides just eat and bask.

My turtles don't like the air stone anymore, but they like watching the bubbles the filter makes, they love to dig through their rocks, and push their plants around.
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Post Posted: Wed Jul 01, 2009 2:41 pm   

i got a suction cup plant and some of the plants you would bury under gravel so he could push around and such
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Post Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:53 pm   

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-viTWbsHDZA

anybody ever try this? a basking dock made from custom cut cork bark bought from E-bay. It has a complete how-to guide.

Or maybe she already is a member for RES.COM
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Post Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 10:58 pm   

That same vid was posted on here the other day. It's a neat idea.

As for the floating log, your turtle is a little larger than mine and mine doesn't fit into his floating log anymore. He still surfs on top of it and hangs off the side of it but he can't fit in it anymore. So, if you're just trying to give your turtle something to play with, it works really well for that.
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Post Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:04 pm   

meltspork, what size turtle dock is that? large?
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Post Posted: Fri Jul 31, 2009 6:09 pm   

papoopeepoo wrote:meltspork, what size turtle dock is that? large?


Yeah... large... wish they made XL or XXL or XXXL, lol... Toby is just shy of 6 inches and I'm going to need to make my own dock soon because the large is getting to be too small for him.
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