aquatic turtles and cichlids?

From what I've read a lot of turtles can be time bombs. They are equipped to kill fish and one day might do it out of the blue.


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I have a Spiney gulf soft shell turtle with my large fish in a 420 gallon tank its been doing very well and has no basking area and I have no problem with fungus on shell,keep crushed coral in with gravel and keeps my PH at 7.0 to 7.2 try to get a male they stay half the size of females and keep there color and markings.The females get to be about two feet in length and turn a solid brown color.a lot of people say the turtle will go after your fish,mine does not get feed any live food and eats Tilapia,freeze dried krill and large carnivore sticks so he does not bother to go after fish because he ids feed well every day.So I say go for it,they are not that expensive I paid $40 bucks at my LFS.

Research Mud and Musk Turtles. Most get along quite well with large cichlids.

i keep my painted with fish. never get a RES they are the worst in terms of that.

These are ones I'd recommend, in order from least risky to most risky:
-Mud or Musk Turtles
-Spotted Turtles
-Softshells
-Map Turtles
-Painted Turtles
-Diamondback Terrapins

From what I've learned, Sidenecks and Sliders tend to be more aggressive towards fish and other turtles.
Also note that any turtle will eat or at least nip at fish that are not of great size. Try to choose turtles that are too big to fit in your fish's mouths but too small to nip at their fins.