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  1. AustinASU

    FRT substrates

    FRT need substrate! Since they are soft shelled they need substrate to completely submerge themselves under. This will help fungus growth become non existent. I use cichlid sand from PetSmart. Or use super super porous sand.
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    Flavo's

    Are these from Christopher?
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    alligator snapping turtle question

    Yeah AST are like partially animated rocks
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    alligator snapping turtle question

    Thats just an AST for you, when you see them move it is a rare site
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    Effects of Bait Type, Bait Age, and Trap Hours on Capture Success of Freshwater Turtles

    Yes in most cases, wherever a female is there is always a male or two always following behind. The more females i caught there was always a ton of males in the trap.
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    Effects of Bait Type, Bait Age, and Trap Hours on Capture Success of Freshwater Turtles

    I was getting 20%female catch, based on 10 turtles I would have 2 out of ten being female and the rest male (80%). For the bait i had the most success within the first 12hrs of it being in the water....after that all it attracted was grass carp. I found that placing the traps out around 4-5am...
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    Effects of Bait Type, Bait Age, and Trap Hours on Capture Success of Freshwater Turtles

    The best success i had with capturing elegans in hoop traps was using Chorizo sticks (put them in a metal cage that they can't eat the bait and put it towards the top of the hoop trap. I was able to capture up to 25 per hoop trap a day.
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    My new Female Pancake :)

    Just the way it goes some times. Best to find LTC that have been taken care of for at least 2yrs.
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    My new Female Pancake :)

    Thanks Stojan!!! She was a beautiful girl, sadly she passed away 3wks after I acquired her. Cause of death was not determined, no worms no respiratory issues or egg binding. But thats one of the expectations for imports.
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    Hows the turtles doing?

    Hows the turtles doing?
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    Calagur Borneonsis or Painted terrapin

    Both turtles in your possession are Batagur Borneonsis, both male and female. Callagar is an older taxonomy latin group, but recent research has put this species back into the Batagur family. The guys usually come from jungle rivers near borneo and close by areas of asia. The females during...
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    Calagur Borneonsis or Painted terrapin

    Calagur is an older name, but is classified as Batagur now, on the left is a female and right is a male on bottom picture. Very nice specimens. But nowhere close to being fully grown.
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    Gerard Swimming with One of His Rare Turtles

    Thats his baby, of course he's gunna swim with her.
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    Ammonia B-gone!

    Don't eat the produce from aquaponics if you are using turtles, fish are a lot safer. If you do grow produce only grow it to feed the turtles. You run a high risk of contracting some gnarly protozoa....I only use fish in my aquaponics for this main reason.
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    Ammonia B-gone!

    Only thin about water plants is state laws, depending on where you are you may be severely restricted on what you can have. Best way to filter is to use a wet/dry filter.......or even a grated solids filter is the best.
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    Help?! (piece chipped off egg)

    What Yvonne says, just do a small piece.
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    Water (proof?) UVB?

    http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00101JII8/?tag=exoticpetnetw-20 These are the mvbs I use for all of my turtles and tortoises, shipping is usually a day or two so not too bad......as for lighting the rest of the tank you can buy led strips and stick them to the bottom of a 4ft rain gutter and you will...
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    Ammonia B-gone!

    Awesome, glad to hear it cleared up for you.
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    What turtle is this?

    That was my thought too, a reeves.
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    What turtle is this?

    Take a picture of the bottom of it shell.
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