New ferox mansion and a look at the new systems.

We are putting in 12 new 600 gallon enclosures for our holdback that have reached the age of living outside from now on. We also put a 3000 gallon poly in for my favorite turtle, our big female albino Apalone ferox, albino. She is my all time favorite animal, very big, very beautiful, and very understanding when it comes to me sharing space with her. I can't wait to finish the land/nesting area and get this thing filed all the way. I have the GoPro ready to go swimming with her and get some awesome underwater video with her. I love living in Florida, it's never to cold to go swimming.

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Then I had to get her out of her old pond and move her into a temporary enclosure. She is so amazing, I can't wait until it's all finished and filled all the way up. We are going to start building the nesting site next and a shallow water resting area, then it's in we go.

Hi there Gerard, just for this job you're making, you deserve my vote in the competition
You're doing an amazing job, you can see by the details of your new tank that you're an expert in this.
Just to know: how much is the weight of the apalone?

I voted!

Thanks for sharing with us these wonderful pictures!

Hi Gerard... The picture are beatiful! I voted for you, too!

Congratulation!!

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Hi Gerard!
Your favourite Apalone is really amazing..!! How many do you have?
I've just voted for you... I can vote again tomorrow, right...?

Hello, I keep 8 ferox right now, 5 morphs and 3 wild type. It's a native species to my area, so I see them everyday in the wild, it's very nice.

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Hi there Gerard, just for this job you're making, you deserve my vote in the competition
You're doing an amazing job, you can see by the details of your new tank that you're an expert in this.
Just to know: how much is the weight of the apalone?

Hello, thanks for the kind words. She is approaching ten pounds, but I would guess closer to 8lbs.

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I voted!


Thanks for sharing with us these wonderful pictures!

Hello, thank you very much.

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Hi Gerard... The picture are beatiful! I voted for you, too!

Congratulation!!

Hello, thank you, too.


This is her as a hatchling, just 3 years and already that size. I love the species, they're so impressive.




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I also am up for turtle image of the year in this competition. The link is here if you you like to look. Thanks!
http://thereptilereport.com/pe/2013/...eoftheyear2013

I voted for you Gerard...win for us!!!

I voted too!
Good luck!!

After seeing those beautiful Apalone.. .of course I'll give you my vote...

Thanks everyone for you vote, we appreciate it. Here's a couple other ferox I'm working with and how they've progressed.

Coral Glow
as a hatchling


at 6 months


At one year


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These two clowns were from this spring. They still have a lot of growing to do, a lot.
When I got them this spring

and a couple weeks ago.


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I also have a amphibian picture of the year top nomination, voting hasn't started for that, yet, but I would appreciate your help. Here's the pics I submitted, I think they're bit in there.