300gal Population

[Cloudk]

Going to have a North American tank. Looking for suggestions on what to stock it with. Will b 300gal, have a red eared slider and yellow belly slider, and I'd prefer no one thats a tough keeper. Probably something that has the same environmental requirements as the turtles. Large fish do best with my turtles, so something above 10in. There's SO many different options. Bring on the suggestions!

 

[Owain4]

I think a large minnow community like fatheads would be pretty interesting in this tank, sure its not a large fish but your fish will eat them which is very healthy and they will clean up the bits of food your turtles don't eat. As for bigger fish any sunfish would probably work.

 

[lunker65]

brown bullhead, florida gar, a variety of sunfish, bowfin, some crawdads, crappie. i have several of these in my own tank. the setup you have is the one i would like to get in the near future. post pics soon!

 

[Cloudk]

Crawdads make a nice snack for my turtles. Had 3 at one point in my 240gal. Plenty of hiding spots. I thought they'd b fine. They slowly vanished. Empty shell pieces here and there. I liked them too

 

[Cloudk]

Been looking into laws about illegal fish in my state(want to follow laws afterall)... y the hell r Florida gar illegal? There's no way they could survive a WA winter. They can't eat small children. I can't see any reason. It says "All Garfish". Seems unreasonable ... That's a huge blow... gar r so awesome. Was looking forward to having a gar. I like the pumpkinseed and redbreast sunfish. Can't find anything against them yet. But i can't see n e ones gonna bust down my door for a non dangerous fish. But. Law is the law i guess

 

[Cloudk]

Is a barred muskie too big? Or would one eat my turtles?

 

[jworth]

redfin and grass pickerel would be better options. Sunfish are always awesome and so many different kinds. Smallmouth would be sweet. Bullhead, big chubs, small specimens of bowfin, drum, carp, buffalo etc.

 

[Cloudk]

K... Possible population of 300gal: Redfin pickerel. Pumpkinseed, red breast sunfish. 2 turtles. Too many or not enough?

 

[Cloudk]

Wait... I'm confused... Looked up Florida longnose gar, and multiple pet sites say they're legal in WA. Is the MFK list outdated? I'd imagine a pet seller would keep up with those things... I'd much rather keep my favorite fish

 

[warmouth]

Wait... I'm confused... Looked up Florida longnose gar, and multiple pet sites say they're legal in WA. Is the MFK list outdated? I'd imagine a pet seller would keep up with those things... I'd much rather keep my favorite fish

I would call and check with your local DNR (conservation dept or division of natural resources), the laws change every year, just to make sure; Bullhead, Stonecats, Golden Shiners and Pumpkinseeds would be perfect for a 300g with your turtles; I would not put Bowfin in with turtles, and Im not sure how gar would do with turtles....but over in the ancient fish section under gars there are some really dedicated gar keepers who will be able to help you with that info.