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Photos of my Turtle Island (RES in a koi pond)
We moved our four baby RES outside yesterday after a brief stay in an
aquarium. Looks like the young ones have found a friend with our RES that we found this spring as a tiny hatchling walking in our yard. He is the larger turtle in the photos. You can view them all at http://www.flickr.com/photos/koiboyk...7600703827523/ PS only four of the five wanted to pose for the camera today. What I really wanted to share was my floating turtle island. It is the black thing they are sitting upon. It is constructed of a ring of 2 inch PVC. I mounted a piece of heavy plastic to the ring and then made a ramp for them to climb upon the flat area. Finally I added some shade from a black plastic cement mixing tub that had sprung a leak. Cut the tub diagonally and mounted it to one corner of the island. I then tied a cord to the understructure and attached the other end of the nylon cord to my bottom drain. This keeps the island from drifting to the pond wall. My hope is that the turtles will not be able to climb from the island to over the top of the pond wall and escape. For anyone that thinks turtles are slow they should see how quickly they can swim in open water. Dan http://www.flickr.com/photos/koiboykoi/ if the above link does not work. Click on the set that has turtles. There is also a photo of our water lily pond. |
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Photos of my Turtle Island (RES in a koi pond)
I love the pictures! Especially the one of the pond.
I love turtles, they have such expressive little faces. My painted turtle, Yertle, would swim over to the side of our pond and look starving to get his share of koi kibble which he thought he needed in his well rounded turtle diet. k :-) |
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Photos of my Turtle Island (RES in a koi pond)
nice slideshow. Nice pond too! We had an 8" res come visit our pond.
He had to go back home (nearby lake)...too big a mouth! Jim |
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Photos of my Turtle Island (RES in a koi pond)
Nice photos. I'd love to have turtles in my goldfish pond.
Only had a spotted turtle visit, but it didn't stay long. Bonnie NJ |
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Photos of my Turtle Island (RES in a koi pond)
On Sat, 7 Jul 2007 20:25:06 CST, "Dan Robinson"
wrote: We moved our four baby RES outside yesterday after a brief stay in an aquarium. Looks like the young ones have found a friend with our RES that we found this spring as a tiny hatchling walking in our yard. He is the larger turtle in the photos. You can view them all at http://www.flickr.com/photos/koiboyk...7600703827523/ PS only four of the five wanted to pose for the camera today. Dan Cool slide show. So how big is this island, that one yellow koi looks huge next to it!? ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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Photos of my Turtle Island (RES in a koi pond)
I got him free from someone that thought he outgrew their peformed couple of
hundred gallon bigbox hardware store pond. he is well over 24" Dan "~ jan" wrote in message ... On Sat, 7 Jul 2007 20:25:06 CST, "Dan Robinson" wrote: We moved our four baby RES outside yesterday after a brief stay in an aquarium. Looks like the young ones have found a friend with our RES that we found this spring as a tiny hatchling walking in our yard. He is the larger turtle in the photos. You can view them all at http://www.flickr.com/photos/koiboyk...7600703827523/ PS only four of the five wanted to pose for the camera today. Dan Cool slide show. So how big is this island, that one yellow koi looks huge next to it!? ~ jan ------------ Zone 7a, SE Washington State Ponds: www.jjspond.us |
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Photos of my Turtle Island (RES in a koi pond)
Great pictures and a nifty little island. I like the access ramp you made!
My pond ( http://www.clowder.net/cats/Turtles/pond.html ) is home to seven adult and two juvenile RES, the biggest about 11" long. I've raised most of them from hatchlings. I've found a few hatchlings this year, mostly injured, and all died. :'( However, I've seen one hatchling in the pond and have hopes that she will make it. Turtles are definitely not slow! Some of mine can even cover land rather quickly. And I have learned to have the greatest respect for their climbing abilities. Gabrielle in hot southern Arizona Dan Robinson wrote: We moved our four baby RES outside yesterday after a brief stay in an aquarium. Looks like the young ones have found a friend with our RES that we found this spring as a tiny hatchling walking in our yard. He is the larger turtle in the photos. You can view them all at http://www.flickr.com/photos/koiboyk...7600703827523/ PS only four of the five wanted to pose for the camera today. What I really wanted to share was my floating turtle island. It is the black thing they are sitting upon. It is constructed of a ring of 2 inch PVC. I mounted a piece of heavy plastic to the ring and then made a ramp for them to climb upon the flat area. Finally I added some shade from a black plastic cement mixing tub that had sprung a leak. Cut the tub diagonally and mounted it to one corner of the island. I then tied a cord to the understructure and attached the other end of the nylon cord to my bottom drain. This keeps the island from drifting to the pond wall. My hope is that the turtles will not be able to climb from the island to over the top of the pond wall and escape. For anyone that thinks turtles are slow they should see how quickly they can swim in open water. Dan http://www.flickr.com/photos/koiboykoi/ if the above link does not work. Click on the set that has turtles. There is also a photo of our water lily pond. |
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Photos of my Turtle Island (RES in a koi pond)
Your pond pics are great, especially the transformation of your yard from
desert to turtle oasis. But, your cat pages and their stories are fascinating. Laura, Albert and Monique truly sounded special. I'm glad I clicked your link. "Ralph & His Clowder" wrote in message ... Great pictures and a nifty little island. I like the access ramp you made! My pond ( http://www.clowder.net/cats/Turtles/pond.html ) is home to seven adult and two juvenile RES, the biggest about 11" long. I've raised most of them from hatchlings. I've found a few hatchlings this year, mostly injured, and all died. :'( However, I've seen one hatchling in the pond and have hopes that she will make it. Turtles are definitely not slow! Some of mine can even cover land rather quickly. And I have learned to have the greatest respect for their climbing abilities. Gabrielle in hot southern Arizona |
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"Ralph & His Clowder" wrote in message ... Great pictures and a nifty little island. I like the access ramp you made! brevity snip ====================== I loved your pond pics. Our little slider kept trying to escape so we took him (or her) to a nearby lake and released him. We found him tangled in the net on one attempt. He was in our pond for over a year. He just showed up on his own one day. We never figured our how he got through the net. -- RM.... Frugal ponding since 1995. rec.ponder since late 1996. My Pond & Aquarium Pages: http://tinyurl.com/9do58 Zone 6. Middle TN USA ~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö |
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Photos of my Turtle Island (RES in a koi pond)
Gabrielle in hot southern Arizona Where in hot southern Arizona? I am in gol' dang hot Tempe and am looking for local pond support groups. Chip |
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Photos of my Turtle Island (RES in a koi pond)
Reel McKoi wrote: brevity snip ====================== I loved your pond pics. Our little slider kept trying to escape so we took him (or her) to a nearby lake and released him. We found him tangled in the net on one attempt. He was in our pond for over a year. He just showed up on his own one day. We never figured our how he got through the net. Thanks! Turtles are amazing little acrobats. I once found a 10" tortoise half-way up a 6' chain link fence. Gabrielle |
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Photos of my Turtle Island (RES in a koi pond)
Gabrielle in hot southern Arizona Where in hot southern Arizona? I am in gol' dang hot Tempe and am looking for local pond support groups. Chip I'm even further south, down in Ajo (on the road to Rocky Point). It was 117F on the 4th of July. Gabrielle |
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Photos of my Turtle Island (RES in a koi pond)
Thank you. Laura's been gone three years this month and I still expect
to see her. Gabrielle cat daddy wrote: Your pond pics are great, especially the transformation of your yard from desert to turtle oasis. But, your cat pages and their stories are fascinating. Laura, Albert and Monique truly sounded special. I'm glad I clicked your link. "Ralph & His Clowder" wrote in message ... Great pictures and a nifty little island. I like the access ramp you made! My pond ( http://www.clowder.net/cats/Turtles/pond.html ) is home to seven adult and two juvenile RES, the biggest about 11" long. I've raised most of them from hatchlings. I've found a few hatchlings this year, mostly injured, and all died. :'( However, I've seen one hatchling in the pond and have hopes that she will make it. Turtles are definitely not slow! Some of mine can even cover land rather quickly. And I have learned to have the greatest respect for their climbing abilities. Gabrielle in hot southern Arizona |
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Photos of my Turtle Island (RES in a koi pond)
"Ajo Clowder" wrote in message
... Gabrielle in hot southern Arizona Where in hot southern Arizona? I am in gol' dang hot Tempe and am looking for local pond support groups. Chip I'm even further south, down in Ajo (on the road to Rocky Point). It was 117F on the 4th of July. Gabrielle It has been nigh on 60 years ago that I lived down in that neighborhood. We lived in Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument, close to Lukeville. Had to go to Ajo for groceries. The mine was running full tilt at that time. I have heard that it has since closed. |
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