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...
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.
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).
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...
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...