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#1769649
PcBuilder14
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 Swimming pool as turtle pond
I’m not sure if this would work, but I have one of them $100 pools that you can buy from walmart, and now we have a real above ground pool, and I was thinking that it would be awesome to use it as a pond for my turtles when the get older, because it already has a filter, and all I would have to do is put chicken wire over the intake of the filter so they wouldn’t go in there. Do you think this would work? I wish I knew how many gallons it is, but I know it has to be over 500 gallons. And it wouldn’t cost be really anything.
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06/22/08 02:58pm
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#1769740
Gottee guy
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Message To: PcBuilder14 In reference to Message Id: 1769649
Swimming pool as turtle pond
as long as it doesn’t have any chemicals or chlorine or anything harmful it would be okay.
do you mean a baby pool?
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06/22/08 04:16pm
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#1769808
PcBuilder14
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Message To: Gottee guy In reference to Message Id: 1769740
Swimming pool as turtle pond
Well kind of. It’s one of those that has an inflatable ring around the edge, and it’s around 2-4 foot deep.
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06/22/08 05:34pm
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#1771756
Cinderellawkids
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Message To: PcBuilder14 In reference to Message Id: 1769808
Swimming pool as turtle pond
I have one that is 12 x 3 foot. If thats what it is its 1700 gallon roughly, and yeah itll do okay but the filter may not be strong enough for turtles in that much water
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06/24/08 10:49am
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#1773175
JackAsp
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Message To: Cinderellawkids In reference to Message Id: 1771756
Swimming pool as turtle pond
You can always just add a pond filter from any hardwater store with a big garden section. The biggest concern is weight. You’ve got a basement, I hope?
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06/25/08 11:59am
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#1773435
PcBuilder14
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Message To: JackAsp In reference to Message Id: 1773175
Swimming pool as turtle pond
I was planning on using it as an outdoor pund, because the kind of dirt that we have isn’t suitable foor a basement because it would cave in. But if I do this, we are going to put chicken wire completely around it and make a ramp that completely surrounds the pool, and will have rubber like you find on boats on it.
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06/25/08 04:58pm
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#1805353
Leah123
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Message To: PcBuilder14 In reference to Message Id: 1773435
Swimming pool as turtle pond
My friend actualy keeps his snappers that he breeds in two big inground swimming pools.
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07/22/08 05:22pm
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#1805417
Anilver
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Message To: Leah123 In reference to Message Id: 1805353
Swimming pool as turtle pond
that would be cool, to have a swimming pool (safe for turtles) that is inground, I could go swimming with them!
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07/22/08 06:17pm
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Cheaterkid
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Message To: Anilver In reference to Message Id: 1805417
 Swimming pool as turtle pond
yeah Little pools are great for turtles i have one for my false map turtle but its one of the really little ones..... But it works
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07/23/08 05:18pm
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