THREE NEW PICK-UP'S!! ID PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cichlid fiend]

YBS and peninsula cooter??

let me see pictures of those

 

[Jakob]

I DONT HAVE MUCH TO SAY TO U DUDE , IM JUST GOING TO LET IT GO AND IM ABOUT TO GO TO THIS PLACE CALLED LOBSTER SHANTY AND EAT SOME SHRIMPS AND DRINK SOME YAC

SO UNTIL I RETURN--THANKS ALOT TO U AND EVERYONE WHO HELPED ME LEARN A LESSON!!!!!!!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~THATS IT~~THATS ALL~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I like your attitude, you dont care what other people think,,,lol. I dont really either even though i ask them what they think.

 

[CTU2fan]

You're correct that he's not a YBS, but he's also not a painted. He seems to be some type of cooter. He actually looks a lot like a peninsula cooter which definitely would have to be a release if found in Jersey.

You may be right, I don't see that mark on the side of his head that's characteristic of YBS, sometimes it's sort of a sideways "Y" shape...cooter is possible but if there's more than one at the spot as CF says then we have a mystery.

Pics...here's a couple of YBS:

And here's a cooter:

They look pretty similar, but neither would get up that far north.

 

[cichlid fiend]

how come you dont think its a painted turtle? and if it is one of the two you have mentioned, wat makes it a big deal?

 

[Bottomfeeder]

Professional manner? MFK is an online forum.
Educated? I identified the fish, brought up the fact that they should be responsibly rehoused, and gave a quick explanation why.

It doesn't hurt to be direct sometimes either, especially when you see someone mixing fish from a genre that you love with aggressive centrals without even knowing what species they are.

That begs another question. You bought them from a shop - did you even ask what they were? I'm sure they would have known.

you have no idea if they were in the dsame tank to begin with

 

[japes]

you have no idea if they were in the dsame tank to begin with

Yep, sure didn't..

THANKS AND WAT DO U MEAN "HOPE THEY ARE NOT IN THE SAME TANK"

Unfortunately now, the word "were" is very relevant, and people are trying to make me out to be the bad guy.

 

[CTU2fan]

how come you dont think its a painted turtle? and if it is one of the two you have mentioned, wat makes it a big deal?

Here's a baby eastern painted turtle:

That red would be there on any painted turtle, I don't see it on yours. Here's an adult:

The 2 spots on each side of the head are dead giveaways, painted turts from the northeast will have those every time.

Not a huge deal, but if you're seeing turtles like yours in the wild there's a breeding population of non-native turtles there.

 

[le patron]

that you are not somebody i would hang out with

good one man

 

[cichlid fiend]

Red-eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans) Introduced Species, could it be this or maybe a eastern painted turtle(chrysemys picta picta)

 

[cichlid fiend]

good one man

he made me mad and that was a real easy comeback!!!!!!!!!!!!