as promised the photos of my baskin areas, ive attached my new tank and how it used to look and how it looks now and my old tank and its baskin areas.

if you need any help what so ever please dont be scared to ask, i can explain how it was build in 5easy steps lol,

my old tank:


baskin area:


my new tank, and how full it was when i 1st got it, note the 15in not being used at the top of the tank:



and now, notice no water gap at the top of the tank:


zoom turtle docks are currently being used for baskin, but when they get to big ill change to cork bark cut to size:


tinfoil is used around the wood to keep the heat in and reflect the lightin:


a simple coolin rack is used over the top of the tank so they cant climb out:



and tessa and tim:

Great pictures

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cheers dummer, come friday its only gonna be tessa the male left in it as tim the female is goin to stay with a friend. lucky turt i think lol

88 gallons???

the tank is WAY too small for two adult YBS. They're crowded, they need their space. 3 options: upgrade to a 150 gallon MINIMUM tank-with at least two canister filters; build a pond or but another tank.

The tank isn't that much undersize, the turts are only 8" and 7" it's not as though they were fully grown females at a foot or more each. Using the 40 litres per inch plus additional 20 litres per inch rule they would need a minimum 460 litres, nearer 100 gallons than 150.

Filling the tank right to the top would add another 120 litres of water, still only the minimum but an improvement, and with a divider to keep them apart that would solve the fighting problem.

The real problem is that they are both males, and would probably still fight even in a 150 gallon tank unless they had a divider.