Fellow Snappin Turt owners!?
- Thread starter Danny^d
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phantoms;1354282; said:yeah, i cant remember where i post sometimes, i think i have said it before in another thread also. probably saw your post too. nothing wrong with stating it again though right? lol. man it was cold by you last friday!!!!!! i think i went past a sign that said -3 out about 10 in the morning! never did get higher then 6 i think. burrrrrrrrrr
Yea cold sucks.
Yea he wants to have his snapping turtle on display so he can wow people.
phantoms;1354282; said:yeah, i cant remember where i post sometimes, i think i have said it before in another thread also. probably saw your post too. nothing wrong with stating it again though right? lol. man it was cold by you last friday!!!!!! i think i went past a sign that said -3 out about 10 in the morning! never did get higher then 6 i think. burrrrrrrrrr
can you snap any pix of your enclosure along with the price? i would love to check it out. your chomper is bad ass!
-Danny^d
I had mine in a 125G tank... cost $80, Filstar XP 3 or 4 was like $200... Hundreds (if not a couple grand) as gone to plants, rocks, gravel and food.
I know they are commons, but they grew from an inch to 8 or 9" in 7-8 months.
its just a simple tank really. i have no decor except for some bricks that i use to hold the titanium heater and the pond filter down. they also prevent him from getting at them and biting them. i use just an infreared bulb for lighting. when he was little i used a uv flourescent light but i think as they get older and bigger they move to deeper darker water where they probably dont get much uv in the wild. for the first yr i offered a basking spot but it was never used so i got rid of it. no even commans bask that much. usually on the females in the spring to warm there bodies up for breeding. i do see them occassionly sitting in shallows with there shells just below the water. is this basking or is this just using the warmer water to warm up!??! so anyways, here is one pic iof the tank. the white rim on the insides is silicone (dont ask my why i didnt use clear, lol ) i the tank was so big that i couldnt make the corner going down the stairs to the basement so i had to trim off the top foot or so. man i was mad. all those cords are the heater, pond filter, and i have a small eheim in there for water movement as well. it came with a drain, but i added the hose like knob on the end to make it easier to use. i think it was just a plug that they had in it. eventually i would like to make it look nicer with some kind of home made top with some flourescents. maybe add an under water shelf then that he can hide under away from the lights. would like to maybe get a different type of filter system too. like those fx5s that i see. because i had to cut the top off of the tank i only have it half full. 150-200 gallons of water.
HAHA! i sent a friend request to Rocksteady not long ago, its funny that i get on here and see him again lol
phantoms;1357375; said:
cool cool! so i could throw rocksteady in a 400 gallon tank and he should be able to grow to full size and be comfortable ehh?
Danny^d;1358238; said:
I wouldn't do a tank, I believe they will get too heavy for glass full grown.
