My girl friend's been nagging me to set her up with a turtle tank, so this weekend I got her a pair of southern red belly turtles with a 30g aquarium, then I made a light hood and a filter over the last couple of days. Just thought I'd share since they are pretty cool.







Hood (the stain is still drying)





I'll add some update pics once the hood is dry and I get it on the tank. It's got 4 sockets hardwired to an on/off switch with a single cord, then I'm using 4x 13w bright white CF bulbs. Once I monitor the temperature I'll be changing 1 - 2 of the bulbs to provide a proper basking spot, if it doesn't get hot enough with these.