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2010 “Monkey the leopard gecko is now part of the family” | Jan 08
Pig nosed / Fly river Turtle Documentary
“I hardly know anything about the Pig nosed / Fly river turtle, so it was ...”
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Leopard Gecko - a new pet reptile
“True to the name of this blog, Pet Turtles And More, more than just turtles/pet ...”
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turtle set-up pictures from Flickr part 3
4 comments
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Playing with pet turtles
“Here's a short clip I made of my wife playing with our pet red ear ...”
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Alligator Snapping Turtle Care Sheet
“This is a wiki caresheet. Please feel free to add or edit any useful information. ...”
Chinese Box Turtles Care Sheet
“This is a wiki caresheet. Please feel free to add or edit any useful information. ...”
Florida Box Turtles Care Sheet
“This is a wiki caresheet. Please feel free to add or edit any useful information. ...”
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Four-eyed Turtle Care Sheet
“This is a wiki caresheet. Please feel free to add or edit any useful information. ...”
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RIP: Chicken, my pet betta fish
“Chicken, by pet betta has passed away.
I got him as a fully-grown adult a year ...”
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Eastern painted turtles care sheet
“This is a wiki caresheet. Please feel free to add or edit any useful information. ...”
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Diamondback terrapin care sheet
“This is a wiki caresheet. Please feel free to add or edit any useful information. ...”
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Where Have All The Turtles Gone?
“"Where Are All The Turtles?" is a presentation from the American Tortoise Rescue, shared through ...”
| Mar 01
Eastern box turtle care sheet
“This is a wiki caresheet. Please feel free to add or edit any useful information. ...”
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African helmeted turtles care sheet
“This is a wiki care sheet. Please feel free to add or edit any useful ...”
Survey Results: What kind of pet turtle do you have?
“Based on 132 votes, the following are the survey results for the question "What kind ...”
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2009 “twurtles was born on July 9” | Jan 01
Happy New Year
“Happy 2009 and a happy new year!!!”
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turtles chasing feeder goldfish
“Here's a bunch of movies I shot before when I had bought the turtles feeder ...”
08
my thoughts on feeder fish for turtles
“I had a bunch of videos showing my turtles chasing some feeder fish recently. ...”
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introducing my 5.5 gallon planted tank
4 comments
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My pet turtle's eye injury, part 2
“This whole ordeal happened about 5 months ago in August 2008. See part 1, here ...”
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fighting shrimp fireballs!!
“I found this documentary about the saltwater pistol shrimp... Check out it's fireball shooting ...”
| Feb 04 06
RES turtle tries to bite
2 comments
11
Dward African Frog enjoying bloodworms
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Here's a video of Cow, my Dwarf African Frog, eating some good 'ole bloodworms.”
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Updated my 5.5 gallon planted tank
4 comments
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Dwarf African frog reaching for food, Betta comes by and eats the food
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Another video of Cow and Chicken. Here Cow is reaching for food, then Chicken ...”
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Cinderella photos
2 comments
| Mar 03
Video of two berried Red Cherry Shrimps
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Here's a video of two of my very red and also berried red cherry shrimps. ...”
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Other Pet Turtle Blogs
“There aren't too many blogs out there devoted to Pet Turtles... Here's a few that ...”
2 comments 09
Turtle looking out the window
“When I used to do water changes, me and AG would take the turtles out ...”
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Three missing fishies
“I did a water change for my turtle tank a few nights ago and there ...”
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Myrtle, The New England Aquarium's Green Sea Turtle
“Late last year, I went to Boston and visited the New England Aquarium. It ...”
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all about ghost shrimp
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Found this homemade documentary on Ghost Shrimp.
Ghost shrimp are also known as glass ...”
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501 Zoo Med Turtle Filter review, appended
10 comments
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Recovering Sea Turtle
2 comments
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Betta eating from bloodworms package
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Chicken, my Betta/Siamese Fighting fish likes whole bloodworms a lot!! Here I'm holding the packet ...”
| Apr 03
DIY Shrimp trap
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Saw this cool method to catch all your shrimp and even fish. Enjoy!”
06
Snapping turtle hatchling at Central Park's Turtle Pond in NYC
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I saw this hatchling snapper at the Turtle Pond in Central Park in NY. The ...”
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Pictures of the snapping turtle hatchling at the Turtle Pond at Central Park in NYC
“Here's some photos I took of that snapper hatchling I saw at Central Park. ...”
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Rex, my RES turtle, basking
“Rex is truly my more outgoing and less shy turtle.
Slider turtles get their names from ...”
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been a bit busy lately...
“I've been a bit busy lately which is why I haven't been as busy putting ...”
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RIP: Cow, my dwarf African frog
“Several days ago, sadly, Cow died. He was a good dwarf African frog.
I had ...”
| May 01 06
Red Eared Sliders at the La Tobara, Nayarit, Mexico
“Last year me and AG went on vacation to the small quaint Mexican village of ...”
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How many pet turtles do you have?
“Or if you breed turtles, how many of them do you keep as your personal ...”
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Turtle swimming at the water surface at La Tobara in San blas, Mexico
“Here's some video I took of the first turtle we saw when we went to ...”
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Turtle Pond Design
“I found this great video of this really cool turtle pond. It's a huge ...”
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Red Eared Slider at La Tobara,San blas, Mexico - under
“Here's the last video I have of turtles at the La Tobara in San Blas. ...”
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The Turtle Topper above tank basking area
2 comments
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Black hair/brush algae and problems with my 5 gallon tank
“A few weeks ago, I noticed the following things happening with my 5 gallon planted ...”
2 comments | Jun 02
Four Eyed turtle at the New York Turtle & Tortoise Society Annual Show
“Me and my wife went to the New York Turtle & Tortoise Society (NYTTS) Annual ...”
05
Sulcata walking around NYTTS Turtle show
“Here's more content from the NYTTS Annual show I went to.
A sulcata walking around the ...”
08
One of the many Chinese Box Turtles at the NYYTS annual show
“Continuing with the theme of the NYYTS annual show, here are the only pictures of ...”
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Red Ear Slider penile prolapse - fanning
“Sorry, no photos. Last night I saw Rex, my male red eared slider, have ...”
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Sulcatta being feed by kids at the NYTTS annual show
“Here's more of that sulcata from the NYTTS Annual Show. Here are some pix of ...”
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Videos of sulcata eating
“Here's some video of a sulcata being fed by some kids during the 2009 NYTTS ...”
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Matamata at the NYTTS annual show
“I've always been fascinated by mata mata turtles. They are an aquatic turtle from ...”
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Redfoot tortoise pics from the NYTTS annual show
“There were several turtles roaming freely on the grounds during the NYTTS annual show. ...”
Florida Box Turtles
“Florida box turtles are a small turtle, with a typical max size of 4"-6.5" SCL. ...”
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Electric yellow cichlids
“Electric yellow cichlids (Labidochromis Caeruleus) is also known as the yellow lab and lemon drop ...”
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How I dealt with black hair \ brush algae
“As I had mentioned in a previous post, Black hair/brush algae and problems with my ...”
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My turtles fighting tug-of-war (with an Electric yellow cichlid)
“My turtles never cease to amaze me.
Here they're fighting over an electric yellow cichlid. ...”
| Jul 02
black hair \ brush algae is back!!
“Groan!!! And after I had blogged about How I dealt with black hair \ ...”
2 comments 03
Turtle chasing fish
“I found an old video of Rex, my male Red eared slider turtle chasing a ...”
06
Collection of red cherry shrimp photos
“Presenting a collection of my previously unpublished Red Cherry Shrimp photos. The pictures are ...”
08
Survey Results: How many pet turtles do you have?
“Based on 56 votes, the following are the survey results:
Two-thirds (66%) of Pet Turtles And ...”
Where did you get your pet turtle/s?
“Any interesting stories/places of how/where you got your pet turtle/s?
Acquired your pet turtle/s from another ...”
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Red ear sliders (and all reptiles in general) and salmonella
“Just found this article Red Eared Slider rebuttal on the Worms and Germs Blog. ...”
2 comments 16
my turtle Cinderella eats a cichlid
4 comments
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Slider turtle eating a feeder goldfish
“Old video of Rex, my male red eared slider turtle, eating a feeder goldfish.
For some ...”
6 comments 23
Red Cherry Shrimp - now you see it, now you don't
“Sorry, I couldn't resist :)
Now you see a shrimp, now you don't!
Picture of a red ...”
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Four eyed turtle hatchlings
“Four-eyed turtles are a threatened turtle species. With its numbers diminished in the wild, ...”
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Presenting the Red Eared Slider turtle wiki caresheet
“Presenting the first wiki for the care of red eared slider turtles!!
Go here to view ...”
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Western Pond Turtles in the Oregon Zoo
“Endangered Western Pond Turtles are exhibited at the Oregon Zoo. They have a nice ...”
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loggerhead sea turtle taking a breather
“A loggerhead sea turtle takes a few breathes before taking a dive. Video is shot ...”
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DIY underwater pet turtle basking platform
2 comments
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Guided tour of my pet turtle tank
14 comments
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Illegal pet trade: Philippine forest turtles
“An article on the plight of poor turtles in the illegal pet trade.
If ...”
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Tagging of Pacific Predators and leatherback sea turtles
“The Tagging of Pacific Predators (TOPP), part of the Census of Marine Life, has been ...”
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Eastern Painted Turtle swimming playfully in aquarium
“A male Eastern Painted Turtle is playfully swimming around, up and down in its exhibit ...”
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Eastern painted turtle information
“In a quick follow up of the playful eastern painted turtle from the New England ...”
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August 30, 2009 RES turtle size
“After a period of over a year and a half of not measuring my red ...”
| Sep 01
Spotted turtle walking at an aquarium bottom
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A spotted turtle in the Boston Museum of Science swims along the bottom of an ...”
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Playing with a red eared slider turtle
“AG playing with our female red eared slider (RES) turtle, Cinderella. AG is moving a ...”
04
Goats save New York's threatened bog turtles
“Just found this rather interest story from NPR's All Things Considered.
Bog turtles are New York ...”
08
extinct turtle rediscovered in Myanmar
“A once thought extinct forest turtle, the arakan turtle with scientific name Heosemys depressa has ...”
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Can you find the turtles in the videos?
“One rainy, early fall day the turtle pond in Central Park in Manhattan, New York ...”
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pet turtles reaching over, wanting to fight, bite & flutter
“My turtles are silly.
They are separated, as per the many recommendations from turtle forums and ...”
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Feeding pet turtles freeze dried crickets by hand
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Every couple of weeks, at most once a month, I like to give my pet ...”
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My pet turtle bit my other pet turtle
6 comments
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green sea turtle takes a breath
“As a sequel to loggerhead sea turtle taking a breather, a post with a video ...”
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my pet red ear slider turtle's bite mark
“Eight days after one of my pet turtles bit my other pet turtle, I took ...”
| Oct 06 12
My pet turtle's drugs from his eye injury
4 comments
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Kemp Ridley Sea Turtle documentary
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Found this nice video about the state of the world's Kemp's Ridley sea turtles.
This is ...”
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Turtle shell shedding
“Many people don't know that turtles shed their shells as they grow.
Turtle shells
Turtle shells are ...”
| Nov 04
My pet turtles shed shells
“I wrote about turtle shell shedding in a previous blog post, pet turtle shell shedding.
Oh ...”
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Survey Results: Where did you get your pet turtle/s?
“Based on 54 votes, the following are the survey results of where readers of this ...”
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What kind of pet turtle do you have?
“There are many types of turtles available to pet owners all over the world. ...”
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The South China Nature Society
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The South China Nature Society is a growing movement of student conservationists & animal rights ...”
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Red Ear Slider Turtle information video
“There are tons of videos on YouTube featuring pet red ear slider turtles and quite ...”
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2008 “New turtle tank and planted aquarium starts” | Feb 15 16
February 15 size
“During a fit of boredom today, I measured the turtles.
Measuring the length of their carapace ...”
| Jul 22
Rex is a boy!!
“He's a boy!!
SCL is almost 4", tail looks bigger than Cinderella's, claws seem bigger too. ...”
2 comments | Nov | Dec 02
Rex eats shrimp from hand
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Found an old video of Rex, one of my Red Eared Slider turtles eating ...”
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Rex explores his first aquarium set-up
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Another old video I've digged up. This was when I was still new ...”
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Turtle attacking bubbles
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Found some old videos of Rex, one of my RES, attacking bubbles that ...”
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turtle eating dried squid
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Another video from the older days, here's one of Rex eating some dried squid.”
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turtles in aquarium cave
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Yet another old video from the old tank setup, here's both my Red Eared ...”
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the holidays
“Happy holidays!!”
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turtle chasing some feeder goldfish
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One of my turtles chasing some feeder goldfish”
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my 150 gallon pet turtle tank - as first set-up
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2007 “We got turtles!” | Sep 19
Intros all around
“I don't know if there are any other turtle blogs out there, so I don't ...”
Rex and Cinderella
2 comments
September 14 size
“I measured Rex and Cinderalla for the first time on September 14.
Measuring the length of ...”
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September 23 size
“Since I did a total aquarium cleaning and threw out the pebbles (gravel) today, I ...”
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September 30 size
“Me and AG cleaned aquarium today and measured their size.
Rex is growing by leaps and ...”
| Oct 01
Reptile video - Dirty
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Found this cool video. It starts off with leatherback turtle hatchlings then shows some ...”
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Current set-up
8 comments
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Rearranged the turtle tank
2 comments
first time with fish
2 comments
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no more rosy
“Sometime this afternoon/evening the turts ate the feeder rosy. I was surprised that they ate ...”
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October 7 size
“Rex grew by another 2/16th in a week and Cinderella grew by just about ...”
Added "turtle growth charts"
“This is to help visually track their growth. The link is up top just under ...”
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RES Documentary
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Found a documentary on Red Eared Sliders...there's not too many educational videos out there ...”
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October 28 size
“Didn't measure them for a bit.. Anyway, am glad that they both grew significantly in ...”
changing the "turtle growth charts"
“it takes too much work to update them...I'll replace it with a table instead. It ...”
| Nov 17
more live food and aquarium mates
“I feel like it's been awhile since I posted about something other than my turts' ...”
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November 18 size
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During routine tank maintenance yesterday, I measured them...
Measuring the length of their carapace they are:
2 ...”
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Chinese Algae Eaters and my RESs
“The two smaller Chinese Algae Eaters (CAE) disappeared. I was very surprised to discovery ...”
| Dec 10
December 9 size
“During routine tank maintenance today, I measured the turtles.
Measuring the length of their carapace they ...”
First time to use test strips
“I used some test strips today.
Ammonia and nitrite were at zero, which was expected since ...”
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Rex eating the Chinese Algae Eater!!
8 comments
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December 23 size
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It's AG's birthday. Happy birthday my AG!!!
During routine tank maintenance today, I measured the ...”
Ghost shrimp and Rex loves fish
“Over thanksgiving weekend, Rex and Cinderella were treated with some live ghost shrimp. Needless ...”
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Happy Holidays
“Happy holidays everyone!!”
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Red-eared slider turtles in Turtle Pond, NYC
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