Much like ken I don't use filters for the same reason. I don't use heaters either just a few good basking sites. I also keep the males by themselves except for about three or four days every few weeks in the spring and summer. Two weeks after a female lays I place her back in the males cage for a few hours at a time. This keeps my males hungry for love and my females lay 2-4 clutches a year. I never hibernate them just shorten the photo period to about 4 hours of light. I start in Nov and end in Dec. Six weeks with no food and A few hours of light seem to do the trick. The land area is about 4 inches of top soil with a half inch of sand on top of it. This helps find the eggs. Just look for the top soil where she dug up the sand. Hope this helps,
Tom

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