Posted: Sun Jun 27, 2010 7:23 pm Hi from NJ
I'm Becky, mom to a 9-year-old male RES named Soup (yeah, say what ya want about the name, it was my answer to a friend's taunts when I first got him). I got Soup as a hatchling on Canal St. in Dec. '01 (first trip to NY after 9/11) and was surprised he was so active in the cold that I had to have him. Since his first PATH ride back to campus he's moved with me a lot over the years. He's now about 6" long and I've just upgraded his tank to a long, shallow 40 gal (perch, bamboo protected in the corner where he can't get to it, 2 in-tank filters, 2 timed lights). He eats mostly reptomin sticks, with occaisional treats of freeze-dried shrimp and live minnows.