Platform Storage

Platform Storage
Need help finding or building a turtle basking platform.?

My girlfriend and I are trying to buy or build a basking platform that fits with our turtle tank setup. We are using a 45-gallon plastic storage bin for the tank, and we need a platform that we can somehow attach to the sides. The plastic shelf we attempted to use was too light to stay still and too smooth for the turtle to grip. The turtle (red-eared slider) is almost a foot long and too heavy for the popular store-bought floating platforms, so I was hoping someone would know how to construct a platform that could support the turtle, be easy for the turtle to climb into, and be able to be affixed to the sides of our plastic storage bin (it’s a Sterilite, if that helps).

45 gallons is to small for a turtle that size. You need, atl east 10 gallons of water per inch of shell length.
Here are some links to help make the platform.

http://www.livefoodshop.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=60131

http://www.happyturtlespub.org/smf/index.php?topic=18367.0

http://www.turtletimes.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=45936

http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/Articles/How%20to%20Build%20a%20Driftwood%20Basking%20Platform.htm

Here is an ideal tub it is about 120 gallons

http://www.tractorsupply.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay_10551_10001_28420_-1______14602%7C14606%7C14614%7C28420?listingPage=true&Special=false

Some other ideas.

http://www.turtletimes.com/forums/index.php?s=b2960662eacb6bf7ec3e68d7a14ca47f&showtopic=61502&pid=506127&st=0&#entry506127

http://www.zabludow.com/stocktank3.jpg

How to build a platform storage bed for under $200