JustJason
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Kate has a turtle tank (35 gallon or so) with 3 turtles. 2 painted turtles, and 1Snapper. The 2 painted are approx 4-6 years old (going by size) and the snapper I pulled out of my pool skimmer as a newbie 2 years ago, and is still a little guy.
So hear is the weird thing. They have a healthy and clean tank, and they get turtle food 2 or 3 times a day, plus they get a dozen feeder fish every couple of weeks for when we go away they have something to snack on.
About 2 months back we got a dozen feeder fish, they were all orange except for 1 silver colored little guy with a black stripe only down 1 side, (which Kate has now named gibert the fish). In about a week all the fish were gone except for gilbert. We found it kinda funny that the silver fish lived for so long.
We go through a dozen feeder fish every 2 to 3 weeks, and have been through at least 5 or 6 dozen in the last 2 months.
Gilberts still alive. Only fish in the tank, and has been for the last 2 weeks.
Do turtles not see the color silver or black? Kinda odd he's been the lone duck all along out of 60+ fishies.
So hear is the weird thing. They have a healthy and clean tank, and they get turtle food 2 or 3 times a day, plus they get a dozen feeder fish every couple of weeks for when we go away they have something to snack on.
About 2 months back we got a dozen feeder fish, they were all orange except for 1 silver colored little guy with a black stripe only down 1 side, (which Kate has now named gibert the fish). In about a week all the fish were gone except for gilbert. We found it kinda funny that the silver fish lived for so long.
We go through a dozen feeder fish every 2 to 3 weeks, and have been through at least 5 or 6 dozen in the last 2 months.
Gilberts still alive. Only fish in the tank, and has been for the last 2 weeks.
Do turtles not see the color silver or black? Kinda odd he's been the lone duck all along out of 60+ fishies.
