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ern79 · Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 10:19 pm Post subject: turtle pond

i work in aquatic retail and have a pond that i would like to give over to a turtle pond and offer a long term home for turtles needing somewhere to live. The pond is under cover and around 1000 gallons, there is no heating in this area and although cold in winter there is no ice/frost. What would i need to do to healthily keep sliders in this pool? would i need to add any kind of heating or basking for this to be succesful
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rigsby · Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 11:43 pm Post subject:

doe's the pond get any natural sunlight at all, you won't need heating but if theres no natural sunlight you will need a basking spot or two with uv.

ern79 · Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 6:57 pm Post subject:

it gets sunlight but only through double glazed windows which im guessing will filter out all the useful stuff
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rigsby · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 6:55 am Post subject:

yes it would filter the light so it would be benificial to have a basking spot.

ern79 · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:12 pm Post subject:

cheers, im looking forward to it
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