Lance's 225 gal tank

Rbacchiega · #1 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 · #2 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 · #3 02-22-2009, 06:30 PM

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

Lance · #4 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 · #5 02-24-2009, 05:50 PM

Need a hand with anything, give me a call.

marie · #6 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 · #7 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.

Lance · #8 02-28-2009, 01:31 AM

All is well in my little world again!
The Tuskfish is recovering nicely. He was in such bad shape and I couldn't catch him for treatment. He lodged himself way down in the rocks and I couldn't get at him. I was ready to drain the tank to get him, but yesterday he was looking a little better and even ate a little, so I thought I'd give it one more day. Today his eyes are clear again and he ate a whole clam! He's even out and about now. And as a bonus, my L.M. Blenny decided to try frozen food and found it to his liking. I was a little worried that he may be running out of food as the Hair Algae is nearly gone now. So, all-in-all it was a pretty good day!