Very healthy looking turtles! I'm planning/constructing a 60 breeder setup for a baby Alligator Snapper (will be purchasing from Loggerhead Acres as you did) and your vids have been a big help! Question: Do Koopa or Yoshi ever actually leave the water and bask? There seems to be two schools of thought on basking spots for Alligator Snappers, one says provide them with a traditional basking spot, the other says simply provide them with UVA/UVB and they'll float to the surface and bask in the water. Curious what behavior you've witnessed.
Thank you. They did come out in the beginning on rare occasion. Now they never do. But I do have two big fake wood root style logs and both of those logs come out of the water. I provide the uvb lighting and full spectrum light and they do both come way up on the log and hidden by the greenery and keep their heads out of the water on occasion.
Very healthy looking turtles! I'm planning/constructing a 60 breeder setup for a baby Alligator Snapper (will be purchasing from Loggerhead Acres as you did) and your vids have been a big help!
Question: Do Koopa or Yoshi ever actually leave the water and bask? There seems to be two schools of thought on basking spots for Alligator Snappers, one says provide them with a traditional basking spot, the other says simply provide them with UVA/UVB and they'll float to the surface and bask in the water. Curious what behavior you've witnessed.
Thank you. They did come out in the beginning on rare occasion. Now they never do. But I do have two big fake wood root style logs and both of those logs come out of the water. I provide the uvb lighting and full spectrum light and they do both come way up on the log and hidden by the greenery and keep their heads out of the water on occasion.