Folks- Saw a Fly River Turtle in the pet store yesterday, and have fallen in love. Unfortunately, the turtle was the owners personal pet, and not for sale at...
Matthew, I think it's brilliant and very commendable that you are taking the time to find out about FRTs before you get one. So many people (including myself...
Antony- All this question asking is paying off!:) Thank you for answering my questions. I'm currently emailing a gentleman here in California, who has a 5-6...
I have a friend who keeps soft-shelled turtles, and one of her turtles burnt its foot on the heater. It looked just like a human burn. It started out as a...
Thanks! Another way to prevent this is to set up an aquarium sump, where the water can be treated. A sump is basically a reserve basin that tank water is...
Hi, I got my FRT about 4 months ago, and I've been feeding it with wafer algae, all this while, and seems to love it. It won't take any other dry food except...
All FRTs will eat fish but mainly small fish like you are talking about if you have a large tank like you will need if you intend on keeping your FRT for life...
Hey I haven't posted in a long while but the other day we noticed our FRT had some rust looking stuff on the back of his neck so my husband took him out and...
Hi everyone: I just registered today and I am happy I found this group. I registered because I was directed here by the www.carettochelys.com website and I can...
Treat your tank with esha 2000 for 3 days after you have treated the tank for that amount of time take the FRT out everyday and cover his shell with the esha...
Another option to large fish would be something like Endler's or other prolific guppies... Outbreed the losses!:) Enjoy, Matt -- Split Eye Productions ...
I am unsure of how a deionizer works in-line in a filter but deionizers typically produce very soft water which is not really the natural environment for...
Hi Steve: My water is indeed alkaline but I do have a water softener in the house which might be making the water less than ideal for the turtle. The deionizer...
Hi everyone, yes this species does need alkaline water, I generally recommend a pH of around 7.5 to 8.3, higher the better. I wrote an article on this which...
I will remove the deionizer then for a period of time and see if that helps a bit. It is weird because I have tested the pH on all the tanks after installing...
Hardness and alkalinity levels will not necessarily be reflected in you pH values. Alkalinity has a direct effect on pH but should still be tested separately....
I will try to get a more accurate test kit. I do have some powder calcium used for reef tanks. Shoul I add a little bit of that to the tank and see what...
I don't know if adding straight calcium will do the trick. I use SeaChem's Equilibrium to raise GH if necessary and their Lake Malawi Buffer will raise KH....
I have been treating a 3 inch FRT, with a worsening fungus problem, for 2 days now and it isn't helping. Is there anything anyone else can suggest for this...
In a message dated 7/26/2004 8:59:53 PM Eastern Daylight Time, weldd2000@... writes: I have been treating a 3 inch FRT, with a worsening fungus problem,...
Try to put Betadine ointment on the fungus spots.But dont cover the shell completly with Betadine, because too much Betadine can kill your baby.Put ONLY on the...
Flavia, I had never heard of Betadine being harmful to turtles as you describe but this is not the first mention I have seen recently regarding FRT's. Is it ...
Betadine contains iodine.Iodine activates the thyroid gland.Not only in animals but in human beings, too.When the thyroid gland is too much active( when you...
Thanks Flavia. Interesting stuff. Steve ... From: To: flyriverturtles@yahoogroups.com Betadine contains iodine.Iodine activates the thyroid gland.Not only in ...
Just wanted to let everyone see a pic of my turtle he is posted in the pics area under turt 1 and 2.... I just think he is wonderful and want to share him with...
I am not sure how old he is he was given to me a year ago and I think the tank is a 60 gallon....He lives with a crayfish 3 plecos and a bottom feeder they all...
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