Garage Turtles

We recently had a flood in our basement, and the two feet of water decimated a great deal of our aquarium equipment. 

We found homes for the fish that did not perish when all the pumps and heaters were destroyed, but since the turtles are so large we could not find homes for them in any of our local pet shops or rescue organizations.  Since the basement will need asbestos abatement (there were asbestos tiles under the cheap carpet), the turtles won't be able to go back down there until the spring time (if we can afford the repairs by then).

The garage turtles have gotten all sorts of improvements in their equipment (titanium heater, fancy control system and a brand new filtration system).  I used to be able easily visit them several times a day when they lived in the basement, but now it takes a special trip to the non-attached garage to visit or feed them.  Now that it has started to snow in the midwest, it is harder to motivate ourselves to get out there more than just feeding time.

The turtles don't seem to miss their giant pleco and gold fish friends (Goldie and Whitey started out as 1.5 inch feeder fish and ended up over a foot each).  They have a new algae eater buddy named Algernon, who seems to be getting quite fat on the primarily plant based turtle food.

Garage Turtles would be a great name for a garage band, but since the turtles never make any sounds (except when they fall to floor after escaping the tank), so I think I will have to