I am planning on building an indoor pond for my 3 sliders(2-red ear 1-yellow belly). It will probably be between 200-300 gallons. What would be some good tankmates in this size pond. What do you have???
Slider pondmates
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Mine eats about everything i try to put in with him...but i did have a common plec in with him for close to a year and he never messed with it (prolly because the plec could hide)
I keep my sliders with loots of cooters(Pseudemys),maps(Gramptemys) and a painted
. Very few problems. Just make chure nobody fits in anybody else`s mouth,that they all have acess to food and basking spots and that you quarantine anything new you put in there. Remenbar that comunity habitats are bether made with females. I keep my animals in groups of the same sex to avoid male /female conflicts and unwanted babys. Dont mix male sliders unless raised together from a very young age. Litle problem in mixing with other species males
. Very few problems. Just make chure nobody fits in anybody else`s mouth,that they all have acess to food and basking spots and that you quarantine anything new you put in there. Remenbar that comunity habitats are bether made with females. I keep my animals in groups of the same sex to avoid male /female conflicts and unwanted babys. Dont mix male sliders unless raised together from a very young age. Litle problem in mixing with other species males
Agreed with coura about avoiding males and especially multiple males. I would try some of the mud/musk species, I've kept striped mud and loggerhead musk in the past and loved both.
Not sure if you're thinking about fish but I highly discourage adding anything you're not willing to lose. A huge pleco might work, and depending on your turtles' aggression you might get away with other really big things like a big channel cat or something like that.
Not sure if you're thinking about fish but I highly discourage adding anything you're not willing to lose. A huge pleco might work, and depending on your turtles' aggression you might get away with other really big things like a big channel cat or something like that.
Larger goldfish or koi, pleco. I have a pond with multiple males who were placed together as adults - the only problem I had was between a large male cooter and a male RES. They would fight every now and then. I solved the problem with a bigger pond and submerged plants and caves.
If you want mix in fish I would recommend making the pond larger.
If its legal in your state and you are willing to catch them them I have good luck with sunfish.
If its legal in your state and you are willing to catch them them I have good luck with sunfish.
If you're looking for tough fish I'd definitely go with members of the sunfish family like bluegills. They are pretty scrappy fish. I had good luck keeping water turtles outdoors with them as well as rock bass, bullheads and other sunnies.