We found an almost 8inch long female RES in our front yard. We checked her shell and she seems to have been through a lot so we dug out our old fish tank (approx filled up with 20 gallons as of now ) to put her in the tank. We bought a basking area including a 90W lamp, substrate, plants, and a water conditioner and set everything up. I know that the aquarium size is not adequate and we thought about setting up a pond in the backyard since my mother-in-law wanted to that anyway (yes we all live in one house like Full House lol). When we put her in the tank she immediately stuck her head out and began swimming around but she keeps bumping into the glass as if she wants to escape. The water temperature is only 70 degrees (I just measured it) and the basking area is way too hot (110) so my question is basically since it's a wild turtle, could it be the water temperature or the aquarium size or simply the new environment itself?? Should we call the animal rescue center and let them take care of it or should we build the pond??? Could she survive in that tank for a couple days/weeks until we can transfer her to the pond?
Here is a video of her swimming:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/u66aev8ce4wkt ... 4.MOV?dl=0
Just in case you're wondering about the lamp, I moved it more towards the water to cool down the platform. I'll def. get a light stand I can attach to the aquarium today.
Thanks in advance!
EDIT: I just checked the basking lamp and it doesn't say UVB or UVA. It's the Repti Tuff 90w lamp. Is it the wrong lamp?? I'm currently on my way to the pet store to look for different options. I still don't understand what kind of light I really need. Many say I need two lamps but some only have one so I don't know...