:-I got my Lake Malawi turtle

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Thanks sorry it took so long for me tog et pics but he was a bit scared at first and would not come out from under the gravel. My landing station came today but the postman took it back so I am going to collect it at 7:45am tommorow morning :(. Anyway he wouldnt eat anything I tried at first (frozen bloodworm and mussel) but yesterday I fed him white bait and he went mad. He ate 5 of them and was looking for more. Do you think he will only eat whitebait now or can I get him back over to something else. Also I was told to feed him frozen bloodworm , mussel and whitebait but do you think this is a too much protein diet. I do not want him to become unwell and was wondering if you had any suggestions on other foods?
 
Hmm I was sold it as a Lake Tanjinikan turtle but maby they git mixed up? It has been in the shop for about 4 weeks now with water at a PH of 7.8-8.2. My tank is PH 7.8 so do you think it will be okey if it is not from lake tanjinikan? It really likes white bait but I don't want to give it a protein only diet so do you have any ideas of what else it could eat?
 
That's a Softshell Turtle from Asia, not Lake Malawi. And they eat fish. My old guy ate my spiny eel and baby Green Terror! This may not be what you want to hear, but you'll soon have to remove it unless your cichlids are its food.
 
Are you sure it's a Softshell Turtle from Asia? In the shop they showed me a book about it with a identical picture and it said it would be fine with fish if thye have somewhere to hide. I was told it will eat dead fish but thats it.
 
I may be wrong but I think there is only 1 kind of softshell found in Africa which is Trionyx triunguis

Here is a pic of it.
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I'm sure yours is a softshell from either Asia or from North America. I'm not a softshell exopert so I can't tell what species it is. BUT YES! THE EAT FISH!!!! Your LFS really lied to you on this one.
 
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