yo uzairi, your collection is cool.... congrats.

Hope everyone had a good holiday! I bought Tortue home to five days of glorious sunshine...but it doesn't look like his minor soft shell problem is improving at all. I've been feeding him Nutrafin Basix and the UVB lamp is turned on 10 hours a day.

Right now, it's spread to another shute and the other shutes look sunken. HOW LA????

please post recent photo for further confirmation...

is it just soft and not deformed or changes in colour?

btw, best bask under sunlight, for your case at least 1 hour everyday... feed greens with high vitamin D...

This post has been edited by Drascox: Oct 27 2006, 01:52 PM

pellets best not feed to your TTT frequently...
reason: contains high protein, can cause overgrowth -> shorten life span, and pellets are not balance in diet,

more greens should be fed, refer the vege list in uzairi's post, look for high vitamin D, avarage vitamin A (too much vit A cause 'exhaution' - tiring), low goitrogen...
eg: kale, dandelion greens, collard, aquatic plant, kangkung
live food like guppies or feeder fish can be fed but not always (snappy excluded...)

It is slowly turning white. :S And no can do, Tortue is at the office...that's why I have a UVB lamp.

just went to ikano...they have 2 alligator snappers there for sale. One is slightly bigger than the other...but the price difference....WOAH...rm 300. The bigger one is rm 800 smaller one is rm 500.

if white you say, then most probably is fungus infection, couldn't be sure without photo though,

if really fungus infection on shell, keep your turt dry most of the time, yes.. DRY, leave only an hour or so for feeding and for your turt to drink... the other 23 hour, dry....
apply bethadine on the white spot...

me not feeding my turts only on pellets... which infact pellets is not de main food... i feed them varieties of food tat i can find and buy... they ate mainly worms (earth, blood and even meal), veges (any kind! hahaa!), shrimps and sometimes of course pellets lor... never fed them fishes b4 coz' i own musk turtles... no fishie tat small for them tho... hahaaa!!

guys... anyone of u in here are using any cannister power filter running on their tank? i plan to get one this week... do hope can get more info b4 i'm buying one... now still undecided to get whether a china brand or a branded ones which cost double the price of a china brand one... i really don wanna regret later on... and oso don hope things get spoilt easily or bad filtration... wants a money worth spending...

any comment on cannister filter? and i'm looking for one tat is small (for tanks of 1 1/2 feet) and oso comes wif rainbar... in mind now tot of petting de turtles and oso some small fishie inside... hehe... like neon tetra... nice!

do appreciate some feedback b4 i head on to buy one...

Drascox: I guess as much! Went surfing on some turtle forums and realized that Tortue has fungus infection on his shutes. Luckily caught it soon. I did a salt soak for him for about 15 mins today together with some fungus guard medication (for fish punya) as temporary precaution.

I have him on drydock now (with my table lamp providing him some heat and light for tonight la) and will most probably do the same until he gets better. Although he doesn't look too happy being dry. Is it okay if I drydock him for the entire day except for feeding and drinking? I though RES are semi-aquatic turtles. (See pic below.)

OH, how do I drydock him while I sun him? Leave a couple cm of water or check him every hour or so to see that he doesn't overheat?

Btw, where can I get bethadine?

Sanyu doesnt provide any details for the pellets. That's the cheapest of the pellets u can get in the market. Last time i used to feed mine with Sanyu but now changed to Nutrafin.

Hehe, i like her too. Yeah, im in Cyberjaya studying in MMU.

The biggest is around 10 inch and she's just 4-5 Years old and she's a big eater. I got it from a fren that wanted me to take care of them since she's too busy.

Yeah, Raya now. Will post the Asian Leaf Picture in few days time. Be patient yeah.

Thanks. The link given are not working.

Thanks.

5 Days is not enough, it takes time. UVB lamp should be open 24/7 for better results.

Woah, they're showcasing their turtle collection eh.

Cannister filter is quite expensive, how much u get yours and which brand ?

Lucky for u to trace the fungus, about the bethadine u can try to get them from the pharmacies or from the vets.

i haven't got one yet... but i'm seriously looking for one... just undecisive to go for china brand (those like jebo, dolphin, taiyo or etc etc) or those branded ones like eheim, fluval and etc etc)

anyone in here on turtles use it before? i saw de eheim 2234 i think and it cost RM3++... got promotion as for all eheim products are...

You sure kah ? Coz last time i saw a cannister filter they are quite expensive. And all my tanks are big, so small filter wont do good to me.

yes... confem eheim products are all up on sale now... go get those lar... nice as i see and best of all after some research... some of them need not wash de filter or de cannister for a long half year!!!

and not just tat... it's oso long lasting and quiet... i'm now searching more info on eheim smaller models coz' my tank are small... plant to haf fishes in it together wif my musk too! hahaaa!!

uzairi... wanna buy together? might get alil' cheaper too... and it comes wif warranty too... 1 or 2 years d... can't recall and all de parts are available even for a small 'clip'... but parts are not cheap lor... biasalar... branded ones mar...

de best part about it is de maintance free part lar... not to say totally maintance free lar... but less maintance and hassle lor... de cheapest eheim model is cost RM200 liddat... model eheim 2211...

interested ka? i'm oso a serious buyer... just tat deciding coz' i wanna see more options available...

Hurmm, the price is okay but now no budget lah. Im considering small cannister filter too because the normal one would make the wood roof top grow algae and stuff. Which shop do u go ? I might go and search around and see what i can get and i'll report here back.

okie... same here too then... meaning u r going for eheim? if so, let's survey around for de prices... can it gets cheaper or wat... pet's safari i've just roughly sees it only... gotto see it properly again... will update in here...

i'll oso ask if by buying 2... see whether can get a lil' discount not... hehe... else, anyone is interested too? serious buyer only... hehe...

Im going to Pets Family to see how, i got the membership and we can get discounts up to 5%-10%. I even got the Pets Safari membership but the discount given is 5% max.

alrite... if u r there... plz do check out de lower end models ya which is oso de smaller series...

fyi, eheim are on sale now where norm de price are controlled... i saw posters in some aquarium shops and i asked de boss... yes he said...

i'm interested in model 2211 (if still available lar...), 2213 and 2232... if u r there can ask along too wat's included of de filteration and oso de hoses like de rainbar? thx uzairi...

i'll check at my side too...

o yah... since u said u got membership and can get discounts of 5% to 10%... do ask properly tat their discounted price still can get additional 5% or 10% by de membership not... since u got so many turts around... will u be buying alot ka? hehe...



This post has been edited by ekiddie: Oct 28 2006, 02:50 PM

i just came back from Natural Aquatic SS19. got radiateds, got leopard, got cherry, got musk, got sulcata, got star. a little bit of everything. prices are more decent.

No problem, and i wont be buying a few of them. LOL. Most probably one only for my ally snapper.

I think the new stuff is only musk and leopard. Other than that is old specimen.

sfsf... mind telling wat musk u saw in natural aquatic? i'm interested in loggerhead if de price is right... hehe...

i know in pet's safari haf it... but for RM130... neh... not a good price...