Do you use a filter for the pond? Or just do water changes?
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Kinda looks like a small pump (not filter) in the back right corner then I think I can see the tip of the tube under the flat pebbles...
Sorry no pics of the construction process. It is an easy setup using a hair dryer to bend clear acrylic from ebay and silicon it down with aquarium silicon.
Its not the way I usually like to do things and was an experiment from years ago. I prefer egg crate and an external canister filter but this does an ok job. There is a water pump in there and a water heater. I have added two heat lamps for winter as well. It turns out that when I was cleaning the silicon I must have created a leak, as water has gone into the ride side of the enclosure. Because I used hydro balls and built it up so high it has no ill effect except maybe some stagnant water over time which will need to be monitored. The plants on the rights side with the added water are all thriving and the fern on the left which didn't leak started to die off so I have had to remove it and let it recover. Obviously with the added heat lamps it was sucking too much moisture out. I could either flood the bottom to compensate or choose a more tolerant plant species. I have gone for the later choice.
I have tried using both pumps and filters in this setup and found it is easier to use a pump and clean the water more regularly.
The enclosure looks amazing! Just wondering how you went about bending the plastic/perspex with a hair dryer and if you bent it over anything as i'm making my own DIY turtle dock.
Also wondering where you got your perspex container from too as I can't seem to find one anywhere.
looks good!
Do the frogs swim in the water often?
looks good!
Do the frogs swim in the water often?
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