Hi there
Anyone try wild fig on their turtle?

Hi guys.
My father found 4 inch asian box turtle in drainage filled with disposed engine oil.
I ve risen and brush away the oil using detergent and decided to change water daily.though the oil smell lingers and i could nt do anything about its neck and tail part
Anything else i missed and should do?

This post has been edited by Relentless: Mar 27 2017, 01:36 PM

hi.anyone here keep mata2 turtle?
any tips in its husbandry?

cool.
I got mine red mata2 turtle a couple of week ago
I kept it in 2 feet plastic tray,over aged catappa leave soaked water
What about yourself?amazon or colombia variant?

talk in pm bro

Hi sam, long time
yours are amazon variant, mine's colombian variant
yeah,I put them in catappa leaves soaked water
Though,I plan on using peat moss for the same,I purchase 75kg of peat moss for the purpose of keeping mata2 turtle
Now,I am keeping them in 2 feet industrial grade tray with 2 inch of black water,with several catappa leaves in the water so that the turtle can feel at ease

Is it true that they're hardy?several thread over western side state that they do perish suddenly
Also,do you think they need bigger space now that they're bigger?

Hi sam.mine 3.5inch in length and I did like what you mentioned. I am sure the turtle feel better with plenty catappa leaves on the bottom for it to blend with.
Gosh. Now that s a rare occurance for the turtle to passed away. I guess its a different from other turtle
Mine feeding well as i counted the feeder fish
Did you breed yours?

This post has been edited by Relentless: Dec 4 2017, 01:14 PM

Can you provide further detail on mata2 turtle growth rate?
Say, 1 inch per year?

[quote=SAMPERTH,Dec 4 2017, 03:35 PM]
1 to 1.5” per year is a good guide !
Cheers

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You deworm your babies?

Yeah. I realise that so i plan to get a pair of tilapia to get the fries
I got a pair of convict cichlid now and waiting for it to breed.
I realise that most of the feeder in lfs are weak and easily succumb to death when i attempt to acclimitize them to blackwater.

[quote=SAMPERTH,Dec 4 2017, 07:22 PM]
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 .

Cheers

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Yeah. I even went to a lake last week to net fishes to feed my turtle.
Especially haruan fries. Hehe

[quote=SAMPERTH,Dec 4 2017, 08:07 PM]
Yeah. I even went to a lake last week to net fishes to feed my turtle.
Especially haruan fries. Hehe

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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.

[quote=SAMPERTH,Dec 5 2017, 10:48 AM]
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 )

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

[quote=SAMPERTH,Dec 5 2017, 04:55 PM]
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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 !

Cheers

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Icic

i am to understand this is more terrestrial type of turtle, living in rocky waterfall area
anyway,You breed them yet?

I have kept my mata2 turtle over the last 1 month.
So far I only do water change weekly basis
I dont monitor my turtle,all I did was to make sure there are fishes in the tank for it to feast on.I used catappa leaves to reduce the water pH

Hi there.Mine is about the same size as last time.
This is probably due to selective feeding i have for him, through wild caught feeder fish such as ghost prawn,soon hock etc.
As for the frequency, its I 3x perweek
All the other setup remain the same,use blackwater for water change weekly

damn. old timer
what you have now?

tuntung