Turtles! Turtles! Turtles!

[cam]

Why is there no point in keeping a baby in a 3ft tank? REPZ?

 

[nathan.c]

obviously the bigger the better but as i said its been done before. Yeh i have 3 northern snappers in a 3 footer no problems at all they love the room to swim around.

 

[herptrader]

define long time. Years/months?

and how do turtles have sex! are they like frogs boy can lay eggs and so can females or females have to lay eggs and males insemenate them?
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years.

You might want to have a look at some of the good information that is available on the internet. This is a good starting point: http://vhs.com.au/pages/Turtleintro.html

 

[Benan]

Oh okay, the reason im going to get a 3 ft tank is so I dont have to worry about gettin a BIGGER one when he grows
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[hornet]

go a 4 or 5ft if you really want your turtle to be happy when he growns up, the turtles i have will be going into a 6 or 8ft but thats coz they grow to 50cm shell length and females can get to 85cm head to tail, but yea, get as big as you can make room foor, your turtles will love you for it

 

[Benan]

Whats a good fish tank place in Newcastle, NSW?
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[cam]

aquarium

 

[Benan]

aquarium

you mean sydney one?
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[Strange1]

My pair of Macleays have a 4x2x2 tank, I wouldnt go any smaller for adults. Dont forget u need a basking area and all for them which starts to eat up some space.

 

[Zeus_the_beardie]

i have two murray river turtles in a four foot tank, my tutles are about 15cm

IMO i deffently think bigger tank the better (according to their size) as soon as my turtles reach 2-3 years im wishing to get them a nice pond or something.

BTW you really need to do some research, these are special creatures with special needs

 

[Benan]

I have been doing research im asking questions as some of my research i have until a couple days to decide my tank..
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[Rastass]

Turtles aren't like snakes in that you need to start them in smaller tanks. My hatchies went straight into a 3 foot tank and are doing fine (although I sold all but 1). The only thing is that they dont tend to come out of the water as youngsters. And you also have years before they are too big.

But with Macquarii in NSW the only subspecies recognised until 2004 was Macquarii Signata (Brisbane River). The other Macquarii were all the same. Now they are different and they also have the Sydney basin one that I believe John Cann has decided were merely escaped pets. (Macquarii dharuk). But you would need to be careful to make sure you got the right species. Otherwise you will end up with a giant.

 

[Benan]

a 3 ft tank would give them room

 

[Rastass]

The problem we have is that there are only 9 on the NPWS licences as at the 2005 returns. That makes them rarer than GTPs (there were 111 of them). However there were 1210 Emydura Macquarii many of which would be from northern NSW. I have a mate who has them (I Know because I actually got them from the Clarence River in 1990) and I guess would sell any for about $100 each. But that's just a guess.

I can give you a male long neck with a 10cm shell.

 

[DA_GRIZ]

i have a murray short necked turtle that is a juvie and i just moved him in to a bigger and better tank and he is alot more acctive now

 

[DA_GRIZ]

Rastass if u are getting rid of the long neck if they don't take i will if it alright with my mum

 

[Benan]

jessie can you please take a photo of your short neck i wana see what they look like.
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[DA_GRIZ]

ok this is my murray short neck

 

[Benan]

It looks very big is that a close up photo? or is it a full grown one?

 

[DA_GRIZ]

its a close up it is only 5cm