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VersteckterGeist

my sister and i are buying some of those sucky fish (i don't know their scientific name.. they just suck up poop) for our turtle tank, along with some snails and neighbors.

i have a RES and two RBC hatchlings, i was wondering if there were any marine plants that could live with them all and not be harmful.

i'm trying to provide an enviornment as close as possible to what they would experience in the wild. i think plants would be a good idea in the turlte tank because they would help with some of the chemicals the turtles produce, and would provide oxygen for the fish we're going to be putting in.

i'M particularly interested in Lilaeopsis novae-zelandiae (Micro Sword)

i need to know if it's toxic or not to turtles.. i know my RBCs will be the first things to eat at the plant since they attacked the plastic grass...

thanks!
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STRAYKINGFISHER · Posted: Fri May 20, 2005 9:08 pm Post subject:

I have two links that you can check out for plants that are poisonous to turtles and tortoise:

http://www.turtlestuff.com/avoidthese.html

I'll post the other when I find it.
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dixieee · Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 10:20 am Post subject:

http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/Articles/plantedturtletanks.htm
too much reading to do Smile

good luck
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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

STRAYKINGFISHER · Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 2:29 pm Post subject:

Yeah, Austin's turtle pages is famous for that. Very Happy

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kelleytidwell · Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 10:14 pm Post subject:

Glad to know it's just not my turtle that's eatting plastic.

dixieee · Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 5:09 am Post subject:

no they're not the only ones..and at least they are eating plant-shaped plastics cz some turtles eat their basking ramps Laughing

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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

kelleytidwell · Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 9:31 am Post subject:

IF that's the case I do not think I have my tank set up right, right now just waitign for him to get big enought to put outside with the other one. Cause I have a small aqarium like octogon with a rock in it and about 2 inches of water...

dixieee · Posted: Tue May 24, 2005 7:42 am Post subject:

if u can increase the water level a bit it'll do for a while..they are good swimmers and both of u will enjoy it more Smile

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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

VersteckterGeist · Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 9:59 pm Post subject:

thank you both for the links on the turtle page. that was extremely helpful. Smile

i can't wait to get some plants in there for them.. instead of the ruddy plastic ones.. that seem to have become a snack. Sad

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STRAYKINGFISHER · Posted: Thu May 26, 2005 11:27 pm Post subject:

No problem, glad I could help. Very Happy

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kevin89 · Level 2 Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Posts: 66

LETTUCES: Simpson, Romaine, Argula, etc.............. your regular lettuces you eat in salad is harmful to your turtle i thought they was good for them?/>

dixieee · Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 12:24 pm Post subject:

lettuce is good..actually it's one of the basic diets for turtles (i mean the most common) as long and it's not ice-berg lettuce..so that's strange where did u find it?
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Wed 10/27/2004 is the worst day..i lost my best friend Leo

so now i have a female RES, Green, and a cute stupid male YBS, Mint

5/4/2006 RIP Lemon, u were my first rescue and i'm so proud of u. will never 4get u

VersteckterGeist · Posted: Sun Jun 12, 2005 5:30 pm Post subject:

hummm.. they usually suggest feeding turtles romaine lettuce.

oh well.. i guess everyone's view poitns differ. i can't really get my turtles to eat romaine lettuce. i guess they're not interested in that right now.. maybe when they're older.

since you've got a hatchling, try offering it some carrots cut in chunks and drenched in tuna juice. i'm telling you, my little turtles love that and it's.. HEALTHY! Very Happy

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Bandgeek2709 · Level 3 Joined: 08 Dec 2004 Posts: 146 Location: Georgia

My bigger turtles only seem interested in eating my.... FINGERS!! When I had feeder fish in there, they liked them for awhile, but then I guess they figured out the fish were too fast... Then I accidentally killed this fish. Sad

They don't try to eat the plastic plants I have in the tank....
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