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Franklin has met his Match
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Tue Jan 10, 2017 12:04 amby kiwi
Well I could not find a plant that could keep up with my turtle's appetite. He ate his way through everything including duckweed. Well he met his match in Water Hyacinth. It grows so fast I'm going to have to start culling plants. It's the perfect Red Eared Slider plant!
Re: Franklin has met his Match
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Tue Jan 10, 2017 1:55 amby steve
Awesome, I will definitely give it a try this summer!
Re: Franklin has met his Match
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Tue Jan 10, 2017 10:04 pmby kiwi
Steve,
A bonus is that when it blooms it produces a beautiful purple flower.
Re: Franklin has met his Match
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Wed Jan 11, 2017 5:30 amby steve
Sounds good, I think I'll try to gather some ideas
Re: Franklin has met his Match
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Sun Jan 29, 2017 8:45 pmby Nie
Awesome I was just looking at some today but I wasn't sure if it would be turtle friendly - Snakers eats darn near everything I put in there LOL
Re: Franklin has met his Match
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Wed Feb 01, 2017 5:02 pmby Nie
Nie wrote:Awesome I was just looking at some today but I wasn't sure if it would be turtle friendly - Snakers eats darn near everything I put in there LOL
Bah unfortunately this won't be an option for us as it is banned in my state...as is water lettuce....struggling to find something that propagates decently during the vicious turtle attacks
Re: Franklin has met his Match
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Wed Feb 01, 2017 10:16 pmby kiwi
Nie wrote:Nie wrote:Awesome I was just looking at some today but I wasn't sure if it would be turtle friendly - Snakers eats darn near everything I put in there LOL
Bah unfortunately this won't be an option for us as it is banned in my state...as is water lettuce....struggling to find something that propagates decently during the vicious turtle attacks
Nie,
It's banned in my state also even though it exists in the wild in my state. Anyway just go on eBay and find a good producer that will ship it to you. I'm very careful and when I cull my plants every week I boil them before placing them in the trash. This is the only plant he can't destroy! The photo shows how much of this plant I dispose of every week!
Re: Franklin has met his Match
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Mon Feb 06, 2017 11:42 amby BridgetFM
Do live plants make the water dirty any faster? Right now Amazon has this plant (3-5") for $13 w/ shipping. I really would like to try this to replace my plastic duckweed w/ this. All the other artificial plants I put in are eaten so I stopped using them. Thanks
Re: Franklin has met his Match
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Tue Feb 07, 2017 2:26 amby steve
I don't see how it will dirty the water unless your turtle decides to shred it. Amazon doesn't have the best prices on these, you might want to shop around.