New DBT enthusiast
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psuran69June 21, 2006 at 11:31 pm #23823
Well it all started on memorial day, I was down at my shore house, and went out to my balcony and looked down at the rocks and marsh land, and noticed a DBT just crawling very slowly. So I went down and picked him up and he was all dry and looked like he was going to keel over any second. So I put him in some water, did alot of research online, and was hooked ever since. I currently have him in a aquarium and feeding him Reptile GAMMARE (small shrimp). I did buy some ReptoMin, and he just smells it and walks away. Is it ok to just feed him the shrimp, or should I just give him the ReptoMin untill he eats it? Also for filtration, what is a good filtrator? I have a Aquaclear mini from fish that we use to have, and I dont know if I should get a better one or what. I was thinking about the Zoomed Turtle Canister Filter. Anyway I have a floating dock, some plants, a light, acouple little decroations, and aquarium rocks. Is there anything else I should get? Thanks Paul
SteveJune 22, 2006 at 1:27 pm #23825— In diamondbackterrapins@yahoogroups.com, “psuran69”
78 water temp 83 basking, and I dont know the name of the light, but its like a hot lamp. And Im trying with the other foods. Paul
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Thanks for such a quick reply. Ill get the lamp soon. Now what about the filtration? Am i ok with the filter i have now or should i get a better one?
Not sure how big your tank is, but the Fluvals are good. Also, when they’re little babies like that (so cute and loveable-with all the work sometimes you’ll wish you never picked him up, but you’ll never consider putting him back either! they hook you like that) anyway, try blood worms. they are really tiny, skinny little things, I used the dry ones, but they have frozen that you put in (like an ice cube) and they break away. but I used the dried ones and when he was a baby, that’s all he would eat. sometimes I give lean (and that’s lean ground beef, from the butcher, not the packets at the store-has to be like 90%+ lean. you can put like vitamins in it, some kind of powder, I forget what’s it called. but once he’s on sticks (turtle sticks-Reptomin) he gets lots of vitamins from them I believe. oh and feed him in a separate container. once you get a bigger tank, you won’t want to grease it up or cloud it with food. I have a really hard time cleaning the big tank now and it’s not even that big! the lights. it sounds like u have a basking lamp (?) he also the UVB like Steve said. so it looks like a fluorescent light (long). the basking gives him the UVA (I forget) and the other one gives him the B. I haven’t put romaine lettuce in his tank in a while, but when he was little he used to float on it. so cute! but they nibble at that sometimes, reminds me… good luck with your new one!psuran69
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