Im not sure, but its better to avoid it. And all the feeding fish that i put died in less than 1 hour. my snapper looks sick too. My snapper are fully inside the water and the wood that i was mentioning is the tank cover.

i think is better clean those thing lah. hehe...
i use to pet a softshell before till it is adult palm size big, just in 6 month. hehe... but it is very very agresive!! i big all the fish, included my last time fresh water lobster and my flower horn! hehe.... i already released it into FRIM there, and my flower horn already long time in a lake (long time no go edi dunno still alive not) and my lobster already go reincarnation! hehe...

tomolo my boss say he will bring all his tortoise came to the stall (stars, pancakes and elongated). huh... looking forward to see the pancakes! hehe.... i will snap some pic and post here~

i used to rear a softshell (not sure which type though..) a few years back. I rear it from small till really big...like a full adult size. I didn't use any kind of filter or anything. Just normal stagnant water...and it survived for a couple of years! that's the amazing part.

mm.. me too, when it small i just put it in a small plastic aquarium but i keep changing the water once a day! hehe...

I also did that to all my turtles. Once a day is a must to ensure the water is clean. A bit tired doing it but it is fun.

yup~ hehe... but now i only got stars, so i don't need to change any water! haha....
but i have to change the turtle water in my stall! huh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! headache.!

Oooh i never know 'shui yee' is so ganas...softshell they are but hard beaks they have huh? Problably not for me, wont be able to handle ganas ones! Loss my finger!!

What other local tortoise do we have apart from Elongata?



Kamekame.

Nice turtle you got there! What do you call that? Razorback? How big does it get?



Kamekame.

impressed torotise also malaysia have! hehe...

I dont recommend Impressed Tortoise for beginners though Not fun not fun...

Burmese Brown Tortoise is also local species but they get pretty huge and of course Elongate Tortoise as you mentioned...apart from that...cant think of any that is native to Malaysia.



Regards

Elongated, Impressed and Burmese Mountain tortoise is among of them. I forget a few more which is native in asian. Btw, Burmese mountain got 2 subspecies which is Burmese Black and Burmese Brown tortoise.

kamekame... those turtles are called razorback and it's from the musk turtles species... and one thing... it stinks! hahaaa!

i'm petting 1 softshells now... in a plastic aquarium... din mix it wif my razorbacks and RES... don want it to kill de rest and conquer the aquarium by itself...

as i read in ATP sites... softshells are NOT recommended for beginners... it's an advance keeper's kind of turtles... so don buy tis turtles for ur kids... don see tat hatchling time it's cute... well, it bites! isK!

dai86... i alwiz heard u said ur boss and u mentioning a shop... where is this shop of urs? maybe we all can drop by when we are free to ur shop for a look... hehe...

well, there is a stall in selayang mall (where i incharge) and our shop in mutiara jalan ipoh there. haha... our business are still new, so we are still developing it. we only have little basic thing like pets, food, and some cage as our product~ hehe... some here know where lah cause they went and see and eventually buy before . haha...

ooo... beside star tortoise, leopard tortoise, and sulcata, anyone own others type of tortoise? like red foot, yellow foot, chaco, pancakes... (except uzairi lah) hehe... ( i am looking for a chaco~~ )

This post has been edited by dai86: Sep 17 2006, 08:51 AM

O... it's INSIDE selayang mall lar... okie okie... maybe free2 can drop by... and i never know in mutiara jalan ipoh oso haf pet shops inside as i've been there b4 way up above to a law firm up there...

any turtles u r carrying... got stinkpots? i'm interested in water based turtles...

selayang mall which floor ler?

would like to know wat TTT u r carrying in ur shop... hehe...

Thank you to both of you...i would not dare to try the Impressa tortoise for sure. Elongate maybe...or some water based turtles...Stinkpot...even Razorback stinks? wow...susah laa ni...afterd my whole room stink!



Kamekame.

Have you seens them yet? Any pictures to share? terima kasih banyak!



Kamekame.

speaking of labi-labi, now i recall that when i was small my dad has a very big labi-labi, i think it's is around 1 and half foot long, almost as big as a basin! the color is light brown color if i remember, no one dare to touch the labi-labi coz ppl say that when labi-labi bite they dun let go your hand

but the labi-labi was kept in a very bad condition though, the water is very dirty and the smell is awful!

Erkkk, my name come out again. Chaco is rare and their number is limited, i only recomend it to a expert level keeper. Start slowly first, then add 1 by 1 species to ur collection. I recommend u to get a leopard or sulcata first. As long as u have a place to put them when they're big.