I have upgraded my turtle's home to a 10 gallon plastic box - white, not transparent but I think opaque is the right word. The plastic box is a temporary home, though it is big enough for him right now. He is still less than a 2" res. I am loosing at least 1/2 an inch of water each day because of evaporation so I was thinking of making a floating island for him to do his basking but am not sure how to do this. If I used styrofoam he would probably pick at the styrofoam with his mouth and possibly eat it. I was hoping to find some kind of floating medium and cover it with a thin piece of shale and some rocks arranged to give him a ramp to get up on it. Any ideas? I don't want to fix something to the side of the box because of the evaporation problem. If the basking area is floating, it will always be the right height for him to access.