My Tanks

[mac_man_luke]

Tropical Tank:
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• 2x Silver Mollies, 2x Black Mollies and 11x Neon Tetras

• Fluval Heater, Eheim Internal power filter and Aquaone Single tube fluro.

• 18" Tank (approx 30-40L)



Turtle Tank:
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• 1x Short neck turtle (unsure of exact species), 5x Feeder fish (was 7 on Saturday http://www.thefishtank.com.au/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif)

• Fluval Heater, Eheim Classic 2217 Canister Filter, Air Pump with air stone and HETO twin fluro (with 1x repti-glow UV and 1x standard aquarium fluros).

• 4&#39; Tank (filled with approx 130L) with Floating turtle dock.

[leongross]

Welcome to the forum&#33; Lovely tanks, how hard is it to look after turtles? Do they grow really big like the huge ones you see on TV and live forever or are these a different type? I heard that a turtle that Charles Darwin used to own died recently in Queensland at Steve Irwin&#39;s zoo...

[mac_man_luke]

I believe this turtle will grow to about dinner plate size

They are pretty messy and destructive, i feed him in a bucket so the water is easier to keep clean.

He loves to pull the plants out the ground, heater off the wall and dig the gravel up http://www.thefishtank.com.au/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif

[leongross]

I believe this turtle will grow to about dinner plate size

They are pretty messy and destructive, i feed him in a bucket so the water is easier to keep clean.

He loves to pull the plants out the ground, heater off the wall and dig the gravel up http://www.thefishtank.com.au/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/b]

Dinner plate size heh? I had turtle soup once.. Actually tasted bad, would never eat it again, most are endangered and it wasn&#39;t a wise thing to do. Does he come out of the tank to walk around? Or do they ahve to stay in / near water all the time? It would be cool to have him walking around the house but he may destroy stuff...

[mac_man_luke]

Dinner plate size heh? I had turtle soup once.. Actually tasted bad, would never eat it again, most are endangered and it wasn&#39;t a wise thing to do. Does he come out of the tank to walk around? Or do they ahve to stay in / near water all the time? It would be cool to have him walking around the house but he may destroy stuff...[/b]


Have let him out a few times but gets spooked and could hurt himself.

[matt_Frontosa]

Hi mate welcome to the forum the tanks Look awesome&#33;

[wombat1100]

I think what you have there is a Murray river Short neck tortoise, I had one a few years ago but he went with the ex in the settlement&#33; LOL

I let mine stretch his legs in the bath whenever i could, nothing to hurt himself on in there.
Do you use a calcium block for his shell? ( i think it was calcium but it was a few years ago now&#33;) you just drop it in the water and it is absorbed into his shell.

I got mine about 20 years ago now and hes still alive, he was small enough to put into a 2 litre milk bottle when i got him, through the screw top&#33;

It was the best thing to see him in his tank which he shared with 6 goldfish about Cm long, he would grab hold of their tails when they weren&#39;t watching and hold on till they shook him loose, swimming flat out around the tank&#33;

I wish i got it on video, reckon i would have won the major prize on Funniest Home Videos&#33;&#33;
Dazz

[mac_man_luke]

Yea i put in calcium blocks in once a fortnight/month

He got another one of the feeder fish last night http://www.thefishtank.com.au/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif