fully aquatic turtles

mudskipper

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Fried_fish said:
soft shell turtle is a good substitute for fly river turtle
I love those things!! lfs has one that I hold every other time I am there. You sure its sutable for fully aquatic? They have a layer of muscle below there shell. I imagine it would be difficult to get tankmates sutable for them. If they are to aggresive then the softshell part is a consern, and since they hunt, slow fish are out
 

ewurm

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mudskipper said:
I love those things!! lfs has one that I hold every other time I am there. You sure its sutable for fully aquatic? They have a layer of muscle below there shell. I imagine it would be difficult to get tankmates sutable for them. If they are to aggresive then the softshell part is a consern, and since they hunt, slow fish are out
Sounds tough to find tank mates...
 

Peanut_Power

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I keep Herbie with all of my pikes, all he is interested in are the algae wafers really. Tis a really low maintence turtle....i got lucky and did a trade of some of my fish for him. All yaz have to do is keep up on waterchanges, give lots of veggies, and 'scrub' their shell once every other week or so to keep algae off. I use a sponge...;). But yeah, FRT are AWESOME! Gotta love em! I know i love Herbie! :D
 

ewurm

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Peanut_Power said:
I keep Herbie with all of my pikes, all he is interested in are the algae wafers really. Tis a really low maintence turtle....i got lucky and did a trade of some of my fish for him. All yaz have to do is keep up on waterchanges, give lots of veggies, and 'scrub' their shell once every other week or so to keep algae off. I use a sponge...;). But yeah, FRT are AWESOME! Gotta love em! I know i love Herbie! :D
Herbie? You named a turtle after an ugly talking car? :ROFL:
 

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Still goes with the reptiles, several threads their about FRTs
 

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mata mata is also a freshwater aquatic turtle but they would eat fish that they can catch unlike a FRT.
 
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