[crox99]

Now I want to start a terrapin tank too.....

[Chiefmcfuz]

Oh no I see a ManhattanTerps.com site comming

Maybe a Terp-cafe.com, Terp-lounge.com, terpcentral.com, turtlesanctuary.com

[crox99]

Sure Chief......why not

[LeslieS]

what are their names?

[loismustdie]

Usually, my wife names them, tending personality traits (i.e. one used to hide under the rocks whenever he saw us... wife named him Shady. Another got excited when we walked in the room, he flipped himself over... Flipper). Right now, these guys are so new, that not much of their behavior is definitive, so no names. Can't tell the sex when they are this young either. I have my assumptions, which are usually right, but we can't know for sure until they are between 1 and 2 years old. Temporary names she uses are "itty bitty" which is the smallest one and "chomper" which is the mid-sized one because he bites EVERYTHING. No name yet for the largest of the 3 hatchlings. Our adult is named Dave. I'm the one who named him. Don't know why or where it came from. Someone asked me his name and I said "Dave". Somehow, it stuck. I have a turtle named Dave. What an ass.
No web sites. www.whateverz.com. I'm done with them. Websites should be regarded as MOBI institutes. I've never seen a place where so much information is based off of little more than "I did it and my tank is THRIVING". People believe what they want to on websites... not what can be proven. If you go to a muscle car forum, people with a broken lawn mower and 3 screwdrivers in their garage tell you how to rebuild engines. I look at all other websites the same way, especially the zeo forum. I can photoshop too. If I were to trace anything I did wrong on my tank, I can link it back to a thread on one website or another.
JP, a lot of SW benefits with these guys (skimming, ozone, lighting), only a lot more difficult to keep clean, but much more forgiving should their parameters not be perfect. They also require strong lighting of several spectrums. You don't want to mess around with their lighting. You can cause severe shell deformities if you don't get it right as well as skin and eye issues.
I miss having a tank of full blown SPS colonies the size of my son's head. I miss the challenge. I miss what it looked like in my living room. The difference now is that I have time and money. My animals are very difficult to keep, but so much more forgiving should I do something with this extra time and money like go on an extended vacation and go back to diving reefs rather than keeping them. My electric bill is also 3/4 of what it used to be and I ran a very efficient reef.

	SPS Small Polyped Scleractinians - Sometimes known as Small Polyped Stony corals. These are hard corals that have extremely small polyps. They are typically on the difficult side and require Metal Halide lighting or dense Power Compact or T5 arrays. These corals are prized for their rareness and ability to be easily fragged into multiple colonies.

[LeslieS]

Quote: The difference now is that I have time and money.

Quote: My electric bill is also 3/4 of what it used to be

Dude, you are going to start a run on turtles...reefers will be lining up around the block to switch over!

[Chiefmcfuz]

Chris at least your wife takes interest in your hobby, mine just gives me dirty looks.

[Timbo]

[loismustdie]

Quote: Originally Posted by Chiefmcfuz Chris at least your wife takes interest in your hobby, mine just gives me dirty looks.

Brendan, I see my wife has you fooled. The turtles are much more for her than they are for me. Either way, for all she has supported me through, my hobbies are a cake walk for her.
Here are some updated photos. I don't know if I can call this an overkilled turtle tank or an ultimate toy box. Either way, I had a lot of fun building it and I will do a thread in the DIY forum for anyone interested. Hope you like the photos. I'll take pics of the filtration system after I neaten it up a little.

[Deanos]

Are those the babies from the beginning of this thread? And what size is that tank?

Looks great!