Just a lil update on Turtle enclosure build .

#tortugaranch #turtlelove #turtle #turtleenclosurebuild #turtlepond

[@michaelmayhood4286]

Excellent Sir!

[@ChuckTornetta-TortugaRanch]

Many thanks!

[@bradmossman3537]

Looking good , thanks for sharing with us How you do this!

[@ChuckTornetta-TortugaRanch]

My pleasure bro , it’ll start taking shape soon

[@Rubenooh8]

slowly but surely 👏🏽

[@ChuckTornetta-TortugaRanch]

Yeah I’m hoping this weekend to pick up more wood for the sides

[@JenniferA-k5d]

Sorry, just heard you keep the mosquito fish in there. I want to dig out something for my spotties, and wasn’t sure if I should be moving the water.

[@ChuckTornetta-TortugaRanch]

My vernal pool ponds don’t have filtration , I do have a lot of plants in them and the mosquito fish thrive in them conditions. But they also do well in the filtered ponds

[@JenniferA-k5d]

@@ChuckTornetta-TortugaRanch Thanks!!! Does sound easier!

[@livingartexotics]

Guess im going to have to buy tortoises 🐢 seem to be doing well for you

[@ChuckTornetta-TortugaRanch]

I love them , I find it very rewarding .

[@patrickhubbell6198]

If I made a vernal pool here in Michigan, how deep should I make it for turtles during the winter? I make my ponds atleast 2.5ft deep and aerate them during the winter. I'm not sure if the same would apply to this, being it would filled with substrate.

[@ChuckTornetta-TortugaRanch]

Yeah I think I’d do at least 30 inches for that Michigan frost line . It gets pretty cold out that way . Or at least run a powerful air stone in the colder months just so it doesn’t freeze over .

[@JenniferA-k5d]

Do you keep fish in your vernal pool?