My new Tank!

[Jimnorris]

I have gotten an idea for my new tank. It will be not base around hard corals, soft corals, fish, and clams.
I want a tank with acouple of these in it!

[Jimnorris]

these guys are about 12 inches long

[Jimnorris]

What do you think. Of course the set up would be a rescure tank. And as the babies got bigger they would be release back into mother nature's tank.
Jim

[reefer]

jim..... jim.... jim... a stolr tank?

i'd think you would need a few thousand gallons for these critter to swim happily. but if anybody can do it, and make it look gooooood, you be da man to do it! i wonder if sea turtles look different under actinics??
hope all is well!
mike

[NaCl_H2O]

Jim, that would be really neat! I would think that lotsa water would be required, and what about filtration?

Something new to research! Let us know when it is up & running!!!

- Steve

[BA]

ya let us know..

[dan]

just put a super large big wet/dry on it. two 1,000gal rubbermade tubes should do. he! he! looks like a cool project if you can find a wharehouse that you can set up in. good hearing from you! keep us posted

[matt]

Jim, this is funny, because I was thinking of sea turtles in an aquarium after I saw some on the reef in Cozumel. What's their diet? They really are amazing to see in the ocean. Maybe you should consider a whole mini-ocean eco system, with a penguin habitat and icebergs for top-off/cooling, a pelagic cool water plankton generating zone (maybe one small whale to make it more realistic) and a tropical reef. Ideally, you'll make it big enough to generate some tidal flow....

[NaCl_H2O]

Jim, this is funny, because I was thinking of sea turtles ...

Matt just wants an opportunity to build a 4 story tall, 6' diameter protien skimmer :o

[BA]

ya,lol

[::pete::]

That would definitely be a tank to see!!

Jim without an SPS? Now that I have to see :shock: !!

Jim it looks like you have been doing some site seeing :D

[Jimnorris]

The Loggerhead (the turtle in the pictures) eats crabs, jellyfish, shrimp and vegetation. There are many help programs available here in South Carolina.
Jim

[BA]

wow, that would be a HUGE tank Jim, mayb a indoor pond, like a small warehouse might be better for them...what do u have planned so far?

[Jimnorris]

The turtles I would be interested in are the babies (under 12 inches). The tank size really does not have to be that large (over 600 gallons)
Jim

[BA]

well, when it comes to turtles they swims thousands of miles, so i would think they would want a much bigger area..

[BA]

plus what kind of permission would u have to get?

[Jimnorris]

Some swim thousands of miles the leatherback is the main one. As babies their majority of swimming is to escape being eaten.
Jim

[wkopplin]

kowabunga dude!

[Jimnorris]

This is the size that I am interested in!
:D

[Jimnorris]

a1

[Jimnorris]

a2

[::pete::]

What is the growth rate?

[avierm]

How would you obtain these guys if they're all endangered? According to SCA (Student Conservation Association, this has been a really slow nesting season for sea turles all around the nation this year, especially along the Carolina coast...

[Jimnorris]

Endangered yes but one can obtain sea turtle permit. I am looking into a ranching program. Where I can grow and release them back into the wild.
Jim

[MikeDeL]

Man that is so awsome. Sea turtles are so cool. I wish I could keep a sea turtle or two. I would be the invy of the neighborhood, thats for sure.


Mike

[Kando]

Please go to Texas Parks & Wildlife, etc for permits. Or call Texas Marine Science Institute in Port A for info. It'll save you big bucks in fines.

[GaryP]

I worked for a biologist at Texas A&M that kept Kemp's Ridley Turtles in his lab at college station. He was a turtle guy. Since they are endangered he had to have a permit from TP&W and US Fish & Wildlife. I believe US Fish & Wildlife is actually the regulatory agency that is responsible here.

As a side note, we went to the beach this last weekend and noticed the "turtle patrols" cruising up and down the beach on 4-wheelers. Its nesting season. Kemps Ridley are the common turtles along the Texas coast and were almost wiped out in the late 1800 and early 1900's. There was actually a turtle cannery near Port Lavaca at one time.

I know there is at least one lady that has a permit to raise baby Kemps Ridley turtles. I think the Fish and Wildlife folks do as well at their lab in Galveston. The idea is to raise them to an age where they have a greater chance of survival before releasing them to the wild. The mortality rate of baby turtles is over 90%.

Gary

[GaryP]

Here's a factoid for you. Male sea turtles never come ashore after they are born. They mate with the females just off the beach and the females come in to lay the eggs.

Gary

[Tim Marvin]

Kando, Jim lives in south carolina.....