HELP! Sea Turtle looks sick

[shuguley]

Last week I was in Florida and I found a bunch of baby sea turtles trying to get to the water, I grabbed as many as I could... 6 to be exact. I brought them back with me, and I sold 5 to my LFS and kept one for myself. He seemed happy in my 55 for about 5 days. He doesn't look good at all, does anybody know what i can do for it? What do these things eat anyway? He won't eat flake food.

 

[nick063]

APRIL FOOLS!!!!

 

[MichaelC]

IMO you need at least a 125g for a sea turtle and a constant supply of jellyfish. Mine did ok for a few years in a 90g. I eventually had to give him up though when he got too big.

 

[thegrun]

Just let him exercise by putting him in your pool once a day. It's just like walking your dog; they need room to move about.

 

[Michael]

Re: HELP! Sea Turtle looks sick

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14737590#post14737590 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by shuguley
Last week I was in Florida and I found a bunch of baby sea turtles trying to get to the water, I grabbed as many as I could... 6 to be exact. I brought them back with me, and I sold 5 to my LFS and kept one for myself. He seemed happy in my 55 for about 5 days. He doesn't look good at all, does anybody know what i can do for it? What do these things eat anyway? He won't eat flake food.

give him a cheese burger, hold back the mayo and turn the lights off for 4 days, complete blackout and he will be fine

 

[JEFFR259]

LOL

:twitch:

 

[sdc19982002]

I heard that adding a sea lion to the tank helps them adapt better.

 

[eyesinthedrk]

they eat hair algae and cyano, you should try to dirty up your water if you plan on keeping a sea turtle

 

[mikid]

just add hot water!

just add hot water!

turtle soup receipte........sorry april fools day is to much...i hope everything works out...........

 

[ryansweet]

Actually, sea turtle's don't like water. They much prefer sand and sun. Only called "sea" turtle because they spend so much time at the beach!