Confessions of a Monster Fish Keeper
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Been too busy setting everything up all at the same time.. planning on the 6x8 sand box and keeping only the mature pair in the enclosure sometime in May.
Thanks!!!
You're a dedication, hard core hobbyist! I conceded! I had a full set, but more like 3 males and one female. I sold one male a year or two back, cuz he fought with another male. Down to 3 with hopefully one bonded pair and a third wheel. At least they get alongI 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!Los Angeles to OKC is roughly a 19hr drive, nonstop.
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!
People misunderstand you all the time sir.. you are not a hoarder.. you think more like a tycoon!
You plan for the future!
WTF.
I had NO idea. Vince the prince. Hats off to you man....... I'm with JL. Anyone insisting I have a problem will be referred to this thread..... lol.
I've never been so awe struck. It's like a friggin best of MFK under one roof. I don't even have words. Speechless. You truly have a bucket list collection that I would pay money to see. Seriously I'd travel to see it and meet you someday, shake your hand cause the collection you've formed is what 99% of us could/will only dream of, it's just flat out ridiculous. They should make a "we aren't worthy" smiley and name it after you.
Thank you for the enlightenment, sharing this stuff with us. Just amazing.
I had NO idea. Vince the prince. Hats off to you man....... I'm with JL. Anyone insisting I have a problem will be referred to this thread..... lol.
I've never been so awe struck. It's like a friggin best of MFK under one roof. I don't even have words. Speechless. You truly have a bucket list collection that I would pay money to see. Seriously I'd travel to see it and meet you someday, shake your hand cause the collection you've formed is what 99% of us could/will only dream of, it's just flat out ridiculous. They should make a "we aren't worthy" smiley and name it after you.
Thank you for the enlightenment, sharing this stuff with us. Just amazing.
I say your back all this in one year business must be good. This is an obsession!! slow down take your time...
C'm on J! If you like drama, go watch TNT or TMZ lol. Keep Kelvin off the thread. He's a funny guy!
Thank you for those words DB! Looking forward to meeting you someday!
He's just gonna say my collection is worth 25 cents. Thanks for inviting him tho!Hard to slow down.. I will have plenty of time to slow down when I'm dead! hahahaI say your back all this in one year business must be good. This is an obsession!! slow down take your time...
