Basking platform for Red Eared Slider tank
- Thread starter BPinWV
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Copper is not toxic to turtles. Some people suggest to use pennies in the water as a means to control algae. The copper coating of the pennies leaches off slowly. If your worried about the amount of leaching into the water, i would imagine that pvc or cpvc would be an alternative.
Thank you for your comment. I'm intending on using a heat emitter, and worried about a constant heat source 12" from the pvc. There would be areas between the rocks where the pvc would be exposed. I haven't given up on pvc, I thought perhaps copper pipe would stand up to the heat better. But then started to worry about long term exposure to the water, which is changed weekly.
