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Hello all!
So, quick run down about my turtles and set up and then I'll ask my questions.
I have a 110 gallon tank with a large above tank basking area, 300 gallons of filtration, live/fake plants, snails and neon tetras. I have a 2 1/2 yr old male Norther Black Knobbed Map named Waffle. I also have an approx 9 month old Mississippi Map named Pancake. They've been together for the last 4 months and Pancake has grown a large amount in that time. He/she is actually a little lager than Waffle now. I know Waffle is a male. Long fat tail, long front nails, slim body, and 4 inches SCL. Pancake...well I'm beginning to wonder might be a girl? Tail is long but not fat, nails not as long as Waffle's....body is thicker. Now I know they're different kinds of Map turtles....but....
So most of the time they don't seem to pay attention to each other. But just the other day (and a few times since) I've seen Waffle follow Pancake, get up in her(?) face and...vibrate his head. Pancake ignores most of the time or snaps and him and swims away. I've never had multiple turtles living together so have not witnessed social behavior. But is he flirting? Or is it an aggressive thing? It doesn't seem aggressive...I mean Waffle doesn't snap and won't do it for too long before swimming away as though bored. If it doesn't get worse where he's doing it all the time, no injuries, etc they can still live together right? I don't know where I'd put another tank if I had to separate them, haha! My husband has over a dozen marine tanks and has taken up all the space! I mean, I guess I'd work something out but I'd rather not separate them if possible.
Anyway, I wanted to get some of y'all's thoughts. Thanks!
Oh, here's a picture of their set up. Just because.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...565852950824.167680.1407920142&type=3&theater
Part of the above tank basking area is covered cause it made them nervous for it to be so open. And the little poops knocked the drift wood log over. But otherwise it's good.
This is a video of both of them. Of course I missed it when Waffle vibrated his head at Pancake, haha, but you can still see both of them. And of course they were trying to hide from me so they go to the one part of the tank where algae grows because of that particular light. The live plants like it though. Gotta get more snails to eat that algae. The turtles ate most of the ones I had! *** I'm having problems getting the link to the video to work. So this is just my Facebook page. Scroll down till you find the video. *******
https://www.facebook.com/Puglady
Thanks for any input!
TurtleWoman
So, quick run down about my turtles and set up and then I'll ask my questions.
I have a 110 gallon tank with a large above tank basking area, 300 gallons of filtration, live/fake plants, snails and neon tetras. I have a 2 1/2 yr old male Norther Black Knobbed Map named Waffle. I also have an approx 9 month old Mississippi Map named Pancake. They've been together for the last 4 months and Pancake has grown a large amount in that time. He/she is actually a little lager than Waffle now. I know Waffle is a male. Long fat tail, long front nails, slim body, and 4 inches SCL. Pancake...well I'm beginning to wonder might be a girl? Tail is long but not fat, nails not as long as Waffle's....body is thicker. Now I know they're different kinds of Map turtles....but....
So most of the time they don't seem to pay attention to each other. But just the other day (and a few times since) I've seen Waffle follow Pancake, get up in her(?) face and...vibrate his head. Pancake ignores most of the time or snaps and him and swims away. I've never had multiple turtles living together so have not witnessed social behavior. But is he flirting? Or is it an aggressive thing? It doesn't seem aggressive...I mean Waffle doesn't snap and won't do it for too long before swimming away as though bored. If it doesn't get worse where he's doing it all the time, no injuries, etc they can still live together right? I don't know where I'd put another tank if I had to separate them, haha! My husband has over a dozen marine tanks and has taken up all the space! I mean, I guess I'd work something out but I'd rather not separate them if possible.
Anyway, I wanted to get some of y'all's thoughts. Thanks!
Oh, here's a picture of their set up. Just because.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...565852950824.167680.1407920142&type=3&theater
Part of the above tank basking area is covered cause it made them nervous for it to be so open. And the little poops knocked the drift wood log over. But otherwise it's good.
This is a video of both of them. Of course I missed it when Waffle vibrated his head at Pancake, haha, but you can still see both of them. And of course they were trying to hide from me so they go to the one part of the tank where algae grows because of that particular light. The live plants like it though. Gotta get more snails to eat that algae. The turtles ate most of the ones I had! *** I'm having problems getting the link to the video to work. So this is just my Facebook page. Scroll down till you find the video. *******
https://www.facebook.com/Puglady
Thanks for any input!
TurtleWoman