General Care Discussion

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 1:37 am

The bigger air pumps are more noisey but the Tetra Whispers seem to be the most quiet. I bought a Rena air pump and it was so dang loud I had to get a different one. I have the Tetra Whisper, I think it is for 60 gallons, whichever is the smallest one with the 2 air connectors.

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 1:45 am

Cool! I just ordered the Tetra for up to 100 gall for 19.99. And some regular clear airline tubing. Hope it works!!!!

Thanks to all!

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 1:54 am

What do you mean by gravid?

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:00 am

gravid means pregnant...(in the turtle world)

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:05 am

oh, thanks. now i know

Whos the daddy?

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:12 am

LOL No daddy ...she is alone and always will be. Girl RES will become "gravid" every year once they reach maturity with or without a male turtle. Soooooo....there will be babies with a male and just little chicken looking eggs with no boys. Strange but true!

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 2:16 am

! ! !

Posted: Thu Dec 06, 2007 4:43 pm

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 3:45 am

Well, I'm not really crazy about the air stone I picked up... so I guess it'll be a bit longer before I set it up.

Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 3:48 am

Which one did you get Steve?

Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 7:31 pm

om your first post on this topic camee, u said a ..thingy.. camr out or something is that possible or soemthing? i have three res and all their s ytoms like tails and ext. are the same, and to tell if a turtle is a boy or a girl its determined by shell, claws, and the tail so if u could explain more about that

Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 2:04 am

TurtleObsession, here's a good discussion of the subject that should answer all your questions:

http://www.redearslider.com/determining_sex.html

Until turtles mature - at around 4" long - the males and females look alike. When the get to be around 4" long, males sprout very long front toenails and their tales grow longer and thicker. The will also occasionally flash. The females grow to be bigger in the long run but their front toenails stay short and their tales stay small and they never flash.

Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 4:09 am

TurtleObsession28: Ditto SpotsMama. Couldnt have said it better!

Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 2:58 am

camee1991 wrote:Which one did you get Steve?

I picked up something that looks like this:

Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2007 5:00 am

hMMMM...Ive seen those, but havent heard anything about them. Mine is this... http://www.petsolutions.com/Deluxe-Bubb ... 33108.aspx and I have heard great things about it; just waiting for the pump and tubing to be delivered! Maybe you wanna try this?! Or I can let you know how it works out when I hook Tobi's up? Lemme know!

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