Turtle+Log

= Turtle Log =

11/30/10 I put twelve guppies in the tank on Monday the 22nd, and by last period on Tuesday the 23rd they were all gone. I switched the turtle and creek chub over to a larger and cleaned the old one. I did not put the pebbles on the bottom of the new tank because they just collect the grime from the tank and grow algea. Also, because the water is much deeper I replaced the rocks with a floating island. I had some trouble getting the filter to work at first but it started before too long. I will try to find a better filter for the deeper water. I also put a bowl with food pellets and some cabbage into the tank. When I came back from break The pellets were gone and so was most of the cabbage. The turtle was still alive and well, but I noticed the creek chub wasn't there. Upon further inspection of the tank I found the skeleton of the creek chub at the bottom of the tank. I assume that either the turtle caught and ate the creek chub or, the creek chub died and the turtle ate it. I have noticed that the turtle appears to like the deeper water of the new tank, as opposed to the shollower, old tank.

11/19/10 This week I added agallon of water to the tank and I changed the bag in the filter. I will have to find more rocks for the tank so that I have something to place the turtles food pellets on over thanksgiving break.

11/12/10 This week I added two gallons of water to the trutles tank. I noticed that the marks on the trutles stomache appear to be healing well. The mark on the turtles shell, however has not seemed to change since the begining of the school year, I will ask Mr. Carlough about this.

10/22/10 One of Mr. Carlough's students brought in a Stinkpot Turtle. I set up a tank for it and placed it in his room. It is very small, about 3 cm. accross, maybe and juvinile. I also added another gallon of water to the Eastern Painted Turtle's tank. All of the guppies are gone now, I assume eaten. I am trying to figure out what to feed the young Stinkpot.

10/18/10 Added twelve guppies to tank first period. Creek Chub ate three, trutle ate six, all in first period. The turtle would catch the guppies by trapping them in the corners. Added a gallon of water to the tank. In ninth period there was only one guppie left. The rest must have been eaten by the turtle and Creek Chub. Changed bag in filter.

10/12/10 Guppies were added to the turtle tank. The creek chub immediatly ate several of them. The rest were eaten or are hiding behind the rocks.

10/8/10 Shell Measured 15.2 cm in length and 13.2 cm in width. I noticed that most of the guppies in the tank are gone. I assume they have been eaten by the turtle. There are only one or two guppies left. I switched the type of filter I was using and the newer one seems to work better.

9/20/10 Shell measured 15.2 cm in length and 13.1 cm in width. The discolored spot on the turtles back was 1.8 cm wide and 2.3 cm long. The turtle did not like to be handled and hissed and withdrew into its shell when I picked it up and measured it. It did not try to bite me. I fed the turtle two pellets and it ate both as well as some of the fish flakes. I noticed the turtle was having difficulties climbing onto the rock so I added another gallon of water and this enabled the turtle to climb up onto the rock.