any slow or dumb fish will not survive turtles. i have a convict and a minnow thats surviving my RES pretty well now
hmm turtle?
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hahaha wow they r expensive lol and here my stock list two mono peackcocks 5 dats tig three silver arrows two gt's a florida gar fire eel and a endi bichir and a phantom pleco
I keep a mata mata in an aggressive tank. As long as the fish are bigger than the matas head, he does not bother them. Other turtles however would tear up a fish even if it is way to big to eat. I have seen lots of people have success with FRT and mud/ musk turtles too though.
Apart from the risk of loosing fish, even a small turtle will likely give any filter a run for its money. Turtles are some of the dirtiest animals I have ever kept (an I've kept everything from hedgehogs to chickens). The dirt isn't just poop either; shed skin, shed scutes, and bits of uneater or halfeaten fish or pellets will need to be netted out, filtered out, or picked up if you want your filter system to continue to run properly.
And even with the best and biggest filters and overflows, whatever tank you keep a turtle in will need to totally drained, taken apart, and rinsed out at least every two months (every 2 weeks is more realistic, though).
And even with the best and biggest filters and overflows, whatever tank you keep a turtle in will need to totally drained, taken apart, and rinsed out at least every two months (every 2 weeks is more realistic, though).
mata matas like to swalloe their food whole, they don't rip it up, meaning they can be housed with larger fish.
CHILLI RED;4251091; said:
i have a medium sized frt with all my fish aro , loaches and cats ..no problems here !!
