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This looks amazing! So do you grow all those plants outside and then transplant them every so often? Do the plants that are in the tank keep growing or do they only last a few days? I have been wanting to give my tort some REAL weeds and plants rather than giving him store bought produce every...

Thanks for your response! He is a Russian Tort about 3 or maybe 4 years old. I have the light on a dimmer and I keep it to almost the dimmest light possible because it is such a strong bulb, that's the only way to keep it at 95 degrees.

For the past 2 weeks my tort hasn't gone near the basking light. I've checked the temperatures and they're usually around 95 degrees on the basking side and around 70 degrees or so on the cool side. He comes out to eat but then goes straight back to his burrow. I even have a little enclosure...

BEAUTIFUL! here is a pic of a Naples, FL sunset we had the other night!! It was the most beautiful sunset I have seen here in a while.. thought I'd share since we've got a thread going on! :)

Haha OH NO!!! Sorry for the confusion! Thank you for your input.

Also, he does it so hard that it makes his whole head move. That's why it's making me a little worried. Can someone explain? Thank you!

Hi I'm sure this may seem like a silly question but I noticed that my Russian Tort moves his throat, it almost looks like a frog's throat when he croaks..no noise though. Just checking if this is normal?

haha thank you!! I will be sure to let him know. ;)

well, it was SUPPOSED to be 2' x 4' but the guy who cut it messed up so it's now 3.5' by 4'. pretty big for an apartment!!

that's reasonable! thank you!

Sounds great. I will look into that. How much are they?

Thank you so much for your input! I checked the temp under the basking 50W bulb and it read 85 degrees which is not warm enough at all so I went and bought a new 75W bulb and replaced it with that. I waited for 45 minutes for the new temperature to set in and it got all the way up to 120...

Thank you so much! That helped me a lot. I just turned his lamp on so I will wait a little and check the temp. I live very close to the Everglades in SW Florida so the climate here is pretty humid already. I do mist his tank a couple times a day though just to make sure he has adequate humidity.

It is only about 8 or 9 inches above the substrate. Does it need to be closer than that? Also is a 50Watt bulb strong enough? I had a 75W but it broke.

Thank you! I got the rocks at Petsmart they're..called "large stacking rocks." I have not glued them together but they are really heavy rocks and balance perfectly so I am not worried about it falling over. I agree he needs one more hide so that will be my next project. Although he doesn't...