Breeding your food supply is the best way to go ! Like snake keeper will try to breed their own rats or mice if they have multiple snakes .

Dragon fly nymphs beside tapoles are good food items for variety .....

A good SOP will be to soak the feeder in diluted S1 or iodine before putting into turtle tank !

Swordtail and mollies take to salty/brackish water better than say baby koi/goldfish .

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Haruan fry maybe a little quick , try fighting fish fry ( breeder have rejects here and there ) or just breed your own !

Even adult brine shrimps are good !

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Haruan fry maybe a little quick , try fighting fish fry ( breeder have rejects here and there ) or just breed your own !

Even adult brine shrimps are good !

Cheers

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Honestly,the first feeder I tried were the female betta,usually can be obtain for rm1 in LFS.
I did the head counts and they remain as serene as ever in the mata2 turtle tank for the duration of the tank setup
So I move towards guppies,but like I said before,they 're fragile and dont last a long time in blackwater tank
I could see some belly up(perhaps lack of food,,perhaps.....)
Next,I secure a couple of 1-2 inches tilapias and I keep a track on the numbers, surprisingly the numbers came down.
So the mata2 finally fed
Given the difficulty in getting smaller tilapias,
I venture into the getting 1-2 inches soon hock double as feeder fish(i kept it in the quarantine tank)
The latest percurement would be the the 4 croaking gouramis, of which I release into the mata2 tank a couple of minutes ago so as we speak.

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Soon hock fry are good choice too ( can stand brackish ) but they don’t swim much thus need the mata2 to seek them out !

But I rather grow up soon hock for sale as ready market for them . ( I breed them for grow out )

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Soon hock fry are good choice too ( can stand brackish ) but they don’t swim much thus need the mata2 to seek them out !

But I rather grow up soon hock for sale as ready market for them . ( I breed them for grow out )

Cheers

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Side income for soon hock la
Soon hock have a very frustrating growth rate
Doubt you can rely as a main stream of income.
After quarantine it. I am gonna feed it to mata2.hiak hiak hiak

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Depends how you farm them , mine on pellets , indoor cement / fiberglass tank and growth not too bad !

Feed on live food and outdoor in mud pond takes forever to reach even 6-700g ( except for a few alpha adult )

Just like those long blue claw giant fresh water prawn !

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Unstable water parameters too often will cause them to shed excessively which may or may not affect their growth or appetite !

Maybe undergravel filter like those for plant tank ? Or powerhead type but place it sleeping down ( so dont need high water level to work )

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My this turtle also don’t need deep water to keep ! A fun species to keep as well .

So fun that my children take over to keep as their own . LOL

Ya they climb a bit thus the rock and a dry dock above !

Breeding , ya but they multiply slowly ! Lol

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This specie multiply faster as they are bigger , more eggs and hatch rate good !

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