hi what do people keep on the bottom of there red eared slider tanks also what do you decorate the tank with to make it look better and not plain. thanks

can any one let me know plz

most of the collections I've seen in the UK use nothing but bare glass.

There was one suggestion on this list of using large stones as opposed to small gravel. I thought this was a neat idea because you could use a water vacuume to keep it relatively clean or agitate the water on a regular basis so the pump picks up the debris.

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thanks very much

Bare glass is by far the easiest to keep clean, but it does look a bit clinical. I prefer to use a single layer of smooth pebbles or slate chips, with an adequate filtration system very little debris gets trapped in the large gaps between the stones, any that does is usually stirred up by the turts rooting around looking for food, then the filter deals with it.
You do need a good powerful external filter though to create a decent current along the length of the tank, I rarely have to spot clean my tanks at all, the filter and the turts do it all for me!

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With a little ingenuity you can direct a portion of the outflow under the substrates Graham mentioned to circulate the crap into the filtration system.

Oh... I think the slate chips would look the neatest... I've never seen this in the states.

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I think they look best, very natural looking and they're cheap too, a bag sufficient to do several tanks is only around a fiver from the garden centre.

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0.1.0 Tibetan Spaniel
1.2.0 Brahma Chickens