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Post Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 11:48 am   Same Size

My turtle still weighs the same and still is the same size since 1 year ago. Its still active, but I'm wondering if somethings wrong with it. The other turtle is younger then this one, but its at least twice the size. :shock:
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Post Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 1:31 pm   

is he getting enough to eat or is the bigger one bullying him? Maybe try separating them at feeding time to make sure he's getting his share.
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Post Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 6:37 pm   

How big are they each now? Could they already maybe be fullgrown depending on if it is male or female?
Reyna - 2.25"
Orion - 2.25"

Were 1.3" and 1.4" when I got them on May 12, 2005
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Post Posted: Tue Jun 21, 2005 7:23 pm   

How big of a tank are they in? What's the rest of their set-up like?
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Post Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 7:46 pm   

The big one is greedy I drop in quite a lot of food for them and seperate them during feeding time. I feed them dead fish every now and then, since i'm also crazy about fish. The turtles become by toilet for my fish.
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Post Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 7:46 pm   

The tank is quite large in size. About 15 g
32 Fish
2 RES
2 Algae Eaters
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Post Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 1:00 pm   

That's not a very big tank for two turtles. If they were 1 inch each in shell length, it would be OK. How big are they? The smaller one could be stressed, which could affect growth rate.

And why are you feeding your turtles dead fish? Do you know what they died of?
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Post Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2005 2:27 pm   

Feeding your turtle dead fish is not a good idea unless you killed a healthy fish yourself, you don't know what the fish died of, so if you feed it to your turtle, what ever killed you fish will affect your turtle.
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Post Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 7:08 pm   

Most of my fish die from different P.H. levels.
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