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secondary container feeding
Posted:
Sun Aug 30, 2009 11:42 amby koreyleigh
just a quick survey --
for those on the boards who do this regularly for feeding your RES, what sort of "container" do you use?
im finding a growing algae problem (no pun intended) that im looking to remedy and i think keeping as much food scraps as possible out of the tank should be a big improvement :]
Posted:
Sun Aug 30, 2009 12:24 pmby tammi
I just place my turtles in a plastic bucket then dump the water when they are done.
Posted:
Sun Aug 30, 2009 7:02 pmby Kemul
I use a small food container big enough for the turtles to turn around in. It can
hold enough water for the turtles to swallow food. Afterwards, I dump the water.
Posted:
Mon Aug 31, 2009 12:30 amby koreyleigh
I was thinking about picking up a larger sized food container since I could store it with all the others.
Thanks for the 2 suggestions so far!
Posted:
Fri Sep 04, 2009 4:59 pmby Spike 7.62
I use tubberware, I put warm water up to the turtles neck, and then I drop the food in, whether it's a pellet or a minnow.
I find that they poop not too long after eating, so I'll leave him in there for a few minutes to see what happens. I'd say about 50% of the time they poo about 10 minutes after eating. If they dont, I just put him back in the tank and rinse out the tubberware.
-spike