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TurtleTom
at Tue Oct 21 13:41:52 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by TurtleTom ]
Chill out dude, first of all the night time basking infared lights do work and do provide heat, supposively turtles eyed cant even see the light, I use one on my sick turtle to keep him warm. Second of all nobody ever needs any type of reptisun 2.0, 5.0, 8.0 or anything of the sort to raise a healthy turtle, They just dont require it and I know a lot of people may disagree with me but owell its true. last, you dont even have to het a basking light from the pet store just het a bulb preferably a spot lamp type as they provide more heat than normal round, another thing is yes you do need a heater for the water if the water gets to a temprature where your turtles seem to slow down or stop eating.
So all you really need is a filter, heater, basking light and area with a warm hardware store bulb, and thats about it to raise a healthy turtle.
A good water temp is about 78 and a basking area of about 85. Again some may disagree but your turtles will definately not get sick and will always be burning fat because they stay very active.
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RE: Questions!!! - TurtleTom, Tue Oct 21 13:41:52 2003