Frozenmouse
Very Well-Known Member
most captive freshies don't go past 5 feet , especially if they were kept in a tank for the first part of their life. even at 5 feet a freshy can still twist your hand off if you are not careful.
and where have u herd or see this info , as i am quite interested to hear more .most captive freshies don't go past 5 feet , especially if they were kept in a tank for the first part of their life.
and where have u herd or see this info , as i am quite interested to hear more .
was that due to the wrong size tank, or just because they were in tanks - rather then something much bigger ?I worked at broome crocodile park and at wyndham crocodile farm in wa for quite a few years we had a lot of "pets' handed in they never reached the same lengths as the farm raised and the wild caught animals.
The water quality is the major factor , most home keepers use biological filtration which even if completely outsized for the set up can't cope with a crocodile dump , in most farms/ parks that i am aware of use natural water source as a flow through or large scale mechanical filter with chlorination. yes chlorination.was that due to the wrong size tank, or just because they were in tanks - rather then something much bigger ?
If you coupled that with a filter off your tap water and constant drip system with an over flow on the sump you would never have to change water.One guy I know uses a sump filter with an extra section that has filter feeders in there (fresh water clams/ shrimp and plants) they clean the water well as does the amount to bio mass he uses
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