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Old 28-02-2013, 09:30 AM   #411
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Hmm ok.. tried papaya but failed. Will try bananas today. What low protein pellets do you guys feed then?

Mine are fed with nutrafin turtle basix and hikari algae wafer.
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Old 28-02-2013, 10:10 AM   #412
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the patches is a bit soft... there is one patch on the head also.. neck and flippers are ok.

I applied cooking salt on the shell and left it there for 5 mins..
now it looks better, no flakes but the spots are still there...

their diet is turtle pellet from nutrafin.

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Only shell? flippers and neck area ok? Try pressing the shell to confirm if it's soft.

Use marine salt and do marine bath for 30 mins, 3-4 times a day.

What is its diet?
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Old 28-02-2013, 10:23 AM   #413
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Mine are fed with nutrafin turtle basix and hikari algae wafer.
Ah ok. I have the hikari algae wafer which it seems to ignore. No longer use nutrafin because was told it wasn't good for my RES so I got them reptomin. Do you alternate the type of food?
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Old 28-02-2013, 10:34 AM   #414
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why nutrafin is no good? care to share?
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Old 28-02-2013, 10:42 AM   #415
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Ah ok. I have the hikari algae wafer which it seems to ignore. No longer use nutrafin because was told it wasn't good for my RES so I got them reptomin. Do you alternate the type of food?
Nutrafin is one of the better ones around. Most of the time I will feed them nutrafin as most of my other fishes will also go for the algae wafers.
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Old 28-02-2013, 08:17 PM   #416
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Nutrafin is one of the better ones around. Most of the time I will feed them nutrafin as most of my other fishes will also go for the algae wafers.
Ok I can't find the link now but it was at the redearslider.org forum. Basically they mentioned that nutrafin has a lot of "filler" and recommended Reptomin which supposedly has more nutrients/vitamins which are good for RES.

Anyway any tips on how to train the PNT to change its diet?
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Old 28-02-2013, 09:25 PM   #417
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Reptomin is a good turtle food but it's a little costly as compared to hikari turtle food stick and the vitamin contents in terms of IU/Kg is the same. This I am using hikari to feed my PNT.

To change its diet? Just starve it. Then hold the food up to its nose to lure it into eating.

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Old 28-02-2013, 10:23 PM   #418
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Reptomin is a good turtle food but it's a little costly as compared to hikari turtle food stick and the vitamin contents in terms of IU/Kg is the same. This I am using hikari to feed my PNT.

To change its diet? Just starve it. Then hold the food up to its nose to lure it into eating.
Ah ok. However might be difficult to starve it. It will eat the food that is given to its tank mates.
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Old 02-03-2013, 11:28 PM   #419
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Been quite some time since I last took a proper shot of them.


Carettochelys insculpta by Edwin Tan (Schmike), on Flickr
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Old 08-03-2013, 12:21 AM   #420
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Can anyone tell me where to get the big packaging for Hikari turtle food stick?
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