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    help with light/heat setup for ornate box turtle

    I have no idea why that above posted LOL. I was discarding that post. But I do wonder if the HO will become standard. Last winter I kept my house steady 69 on the thermostat (Before I'd bumped it up 73 for part of the day and then 75 per the comfort level of humans in the house ;) , thinking...
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    help with light/heat setup for ornate box turtle

    Another thing I'm concerned about is if the T8 series is being phased out. Maybe I'm not searching correctly but it seems
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    help with light/heat setup for ornate box turtle

    I'm thinking of making the switch from MVB to separate tube/heat lamp. My enclosure height is 15 inches and the fixture would have sit on top. Taking into account the substrate and the turtle's height, is a T8 10.0a good choice? I'd read for box turtles HO is not as desirable... Should I...
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    LLLReptile

    Does anyone have experience with getting live plants from LLLReptile.com? I figure if they're good, it would be a nice start to putting live things in my Russian Tortoise and Ornate Box Turtle enclosures, that I know should be safe.
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    plants in indoor enclosure

    What do you recommend for live plants in an indoor enclosure? Some say to grow from seed only to be safe, but what is used for the potting medium, if I'm to avoid fertilizer? What's something easy to grow? I have an RT and an ornate box turtle (separate).
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    Light stand

    Before I moved, I used to have my tortoise and turtle on a wire rack and secured their dome lights to a shelf. Not using a rack is not practical. So I'm looking at the Zoomed light stands. One enclosure is 15 inches and the other 18 inches tall, and I'm using Tuff stock tanks. I use the 100...
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    Keeping tortoise from escaping enclosure..

    I'm not a handy person and I'd been keeping my RT in a 50 gallon Rubbermaid enclosure. While it worked fine enough, I've moved and want to give my RT a bigger home too, if possible. But most of the tubs I see have seemingly not enough height. I used to keep my RT in one of those under the bed...
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