Confessions of a Monster Fish Keeper

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Here is a video of my office at 60% .. there is a shot of the FRT pond near the end of the video for those who asked to see the turtles. Most of my fish were still now here yet when this was shot over a month ago :D[video=youtube;Kv55cPV0f3g]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv55cPV0f3g[/video]
 
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O.M.G!!! Did you complete the set of TMNT? Those gars and blackberry are to die for!
 

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My sensible wife help keeps things in check and balanced......otherwise, I'd end up like some of you guys haha
You're saying that like some of us have some kind of sickness:irked: This site is MFK buddy
Uh...I hope you're not misinterpretting my humor as an insult. Since, I actually wish I had the good fortune and resources to be in your shoes
 

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Uh...I hope you're not misinterpretting my humor as an insult. Since, I actually wish I had the good fortune and resources to be in your shoes
:D Never.. when someone says 'you have a problem' to an addict... they usually take it as a compliment! At least I do.:thumbsup:

Nice, I think you cornered the wide bar silver dollar market. lol


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Hahaha I think I went too far with the Berries... my original plan was to put half of the Berries into the bowfront but the bowfront became a discus tank.

Wow... Super jealous right now!!!!

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O.M.G!!! Did you complete the set of TMNT? Those gars and blackberry are to die for!
I bought one FRT from a member on MFK in March/April 2014... then sometime in the summer, someone posted 2 pairs for sale on MFK.. the ad was taken down shortly after because MFK does not allow FRT sales. Anyways.. I was able to see the ad before it was deleted and contacted the seller. The seller claimed he had an adult pair of mated FRT's that were 20 years old and another pair that were around 12 years old. At first I was skeptical, I asked for pictures and videos... in one of the videos provided I did see the adult female leave the water and start digging in a sandy area! This was enough for me to pull the trigger. I rounded 2 of my buddies and we decided to hit the road the following morning but didn't get going until 3pm....OC coffee shops and a tune up slowed us down!:ROFL: Los Angeles to OKC is roughly a 19hr drive, nonstop.:screwy: So, we drove nonstop from LA to OKC with the exception of gas and food stops and it ended up taking 22 hours. Met up with the seller(kool dude) and he had the turtles separated in rubber holding tubs filled half way with water. When I asked the seller why they were in the tubs.. the seller pulled one of the partitions and the male instantly mounted the female... I mean.. within one minute he was on top of her doing his thing! So we packed up the turtles and the seller wanted to give us a whole bunch of things(rubbermaid tubs, pumps, intex pool...etc) but since we drove in my buddy's tacoma that had a snugtop.. we were unable to fit much more than the FRT's. These guys are BIG! Long story short, we left for home and barely escaped a storm that had multiply funnels that were forming. We made it back around 1pm... time elapsed... 45 hrs. No sleep and we were all beginning to smell a bit! lol

So I guess my answer is Yes, John. I have a full set of TMNT and Splinter too!
 

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I bought one FRT from a member on MFK in March/April 2014... then sometime in the summer, someone posted 2 pairs for sale on MFK.. the ad was taken down shortly after because MFK does not allow FRT sales. Anyways.. I was able to see the ad before it was deleted and contacted the seller. The seller claimed he had an adult pair of mated FRT's that were 20 years old and another pair that were around 12 years old. At first I was skeptical, I asked for pictures and videos... in one of the videos provided I did see the adult female leave the water and start digging in a sandy area! This was enough for me to pull the trigger. I rounded 2 of my buddies and we decided to hit the road the following morning but didn't get going until 3pm....OC coffee shops and a tune up slowed us down!:ROFL: Los Angeles to OKC is roughly a 19hr drive, nonstop.:screwy: So, we drove nonstop from LA to OKC with the exception of gas and food stops and it ended up taking 22 hours. Met up with the seller(kool dude) and he had the turtles separated in rubber holding tubs filled half way with water. When I asked the seller why they were in the tubs.. the seller pulled one of the partitions and the male instantly mounted the female... I mean.. within one minute he was on top of her doing his thing! So we packed up the turtles and the seller wanted to give us a whole bunch of things(rubbermaid tubs, pumps, intex pool...etc) but since we drove in my buddy's tacoma that had a snugtop.. we were unable to fit much more than the FRT's. These guys are BIG! Long story short, we left for home and barely escaped a storm that had multiply funnels that were forming. We made it back around 1pm... time elapsed... 45 hrs. No sleep and we were all beginning to smell a bit! lol

So I guess my answer is Yes, John. I have a full set of TMNT and Splinter too!
Woah... 45 hours of driving nonstop except for food and rr... You guys are.a true MFKers!!!

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I bought one FRT from a member on MFK in March/April 2014... then sometime in the summer, someone posted 2 pairs for sale on MFK.. the ad was taken down shortly after because MFK does not allow FRT sales. Anyways.. I was able to see the ad before it was deleted and contacted the seller. The seller claimed he had an adult pair of mated FRT's that were 20 years old and another pair that were around 12 years old. At first I was skeptical, I asked for pictures and videos... in one of the videos provided I did see the adult female leave the water and start digging in a sandy area! This was enough for me to pull the trigger. I rounded 2 of my buddies and we decided to hit the road the following morning but didn't get going until 3pm....OC coffee shops and a tune up slowed us down!:ROFL: Los Angeles to OKC is roughly a 19hr drive, nonstop.:screwy: So, we drove nonstop from LA to OKC with the exception of gas and food stops and it ended up taking 22 hours. Met up with the seller(kool dude) and he had the turtles separated in rubber holding tubs filled half way with water. When I asked the seller why they were in the tubs.. the seller pulled one of the partitions and the male instantly mounted the female... I mean.. within one minute he was on top of her doing his thing! So we packed up the turtles and the seller wanted to give us a whole bunch of things(rubbermaid tubs, pumps, intex pool...etc) but since we drove in my buddy's tacoma that had a snugtop.. we were unable to fit much more than the FRT's. These guys are BIG! Long story short, we left for home and barely escaped a storm that had multiply funnels that were forming. We made it back around 1pm... time elapsed... 45 hrs. No sleep and we were all beginning to smell a bit! lol

So I guess my answer is Yes, John. I have a full set of TMNT and Splinter too!
Ho-ly cow!! Wow!!
 

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Have you ever tried to set up some kind of enclosure for possible breeding?
 
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