Hey Linda, I'm glad you enjoyed the photos. As for your question, if you're referring to the reeve's turtle photographs and the accompanying picture of it's captive habitat, the pillar-like things in the aquarium are actually specially cut PVC pipes that I used in designing the habitat setup for the turtle. Because of her cumbersome weight, she needed a platform in which she could completely emerge out of the water and bask in the warm rays of an accompanying heat lamp, without breaking through the platform; it needed to be strong enough to support her weight, but reasonable enough in size so as to not make her feel cramped and stressed in her tank. So, as a result, with some collaboration, research and trial and error I have created a stable basking platform on which she can warm herself to her heart's content. The turtle dock, that can be bought at any pet store, was used as a transitional structure from the water onto the platform, which is made of a pane of glass siliconed along the edges and to the PVC pipes supporting it of course.

If this is not what you were wondering about, then I'm sorry for making you read all that. If it has to do with the midland painted turtle habitat setup, then let me know specifically what you're referring to so that I can answer your question the right way. Anyway, thanks for your help and keep checking back for more photos; I'm uploading new ones almost every day (or other day). Catch ya later.

_Dennis

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