Lance's 225 gal tank

Lance · #1 02-22-2009, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Rbacchiega

*gasp* How can anyone hate an Iguana. My two (both Reds) are sweethearts. They're in bed now, but when I'm home during the day they get free range. except for in the sulcata room

Okay, Hijack over

That thing was horrible! It was a good pet until it laid a huge clutch of eggs, (do lizards lay clutches?), then it turned into the Satan Reptile. It would attack anybody and anything. I had built it a 6' high by 4'x4' glass and plywood home with a large dead tree limb to climb on. When anyone came near it's home it would launch itself at them and smack into the glass. We couldn't let it out anymore because it would chase and bite anything in its path. Not to mention the whipping with its tail. Not a nice girl.
PS: What is a sulcata room?

Rbacchiega · #2 02-22-2009, 03:07 PM

hahaha great pic Tony. Mine won't be doing that yet, they're not old enough but the noises Tortoises make when they do it is hilarious.

I have two Sulcata tortoises. A Male (Fonzworth Bently) and a female (Petunia). Fonzworth is about 18" right now and Petunia is close behind him (around 14"). But they are a fairly active tortoise, so they need lots of room. Not to mention that males can get up to 3 feet and weigh over 200 lbs. So, I pretty much made a room into a giant cage for them. Heat bulbs are hung (similar to the way we hang our reef lights, but the tort lights are spotlamps) lots of dirt/sand mixture big ledges/rocks they can burrow under etc.

Lance · #3 02-22-2009, 04:37 PM

[quote=Rbacchiega;391302]hahaha great pic Tony. Mine won't be doing that yet, they're not old enough but the noises Tortoises make when they do it is hilarious.

Years ago while at the Honolulu Zoo, we heard this strange noise. We tracked it down to this bare pen with nothing but large boulders in it. Then I noticed all the boulders were in pairs. Suddenly, a long neck stuck up from one of the boulders and emitted this strange noise. After walking around to the other side of the pen we could see all these large tortoises doing their thing. Weirdest noise I've ever heard coming from an animal.

Rbacchiega · #4 02-22-2009, 06:30 PM

I like when the gasp, like it's such hard work...

Lance · #5 02-24-2009, 05:46 PM

Sydney the Tuskfish has taken a turn for the worst. This morning he is covered in Ich and has one cloudy eye. After work I will remove him and treat with hypo salinity and Cupramine. I really hope he makes it. (crosses fingers) He has quickly become my favourite fish.

Mrfish55 · #6 02-24-2009, 05:50 PM

Need a hand with anything, give me a call.

marie · #7 02-25-2009, 02:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Lance

Sydney the Tuskfish has taken a turn for the worst. This morning he is covered in Ich and has one cloudy eye. After work I will remove him and treat with hypo salinity and Cupramine. I really hope he makes it. (crosses fingers) He has quickly become my favourite fish.

How is Sydney tonight? Did you get him into a hospital tank?

Lance · #8 02-25-2009, 03:29 AM

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Originally Posted by marie

How is Sydney tonight? Did you get him into a hospital tank?

Not yet; still trying to catch him. He's not responding to food and just hiding way down in the rocks, which makes it really hard to catch him. Still working on it though, thanks.