Turtle question...?

[KILLERKOI]

thanx for all the help , i really want to add them to the tank but like u guys are telling me i need to do my homework first on this. and this mite sound stupid but since i dont really know much about them were should i start with the reaserch and what would be the most important think to learn, also were would be a helpful place to find all this info at besides google ??????

 

[reptileguy2727]

a good old fashion book on water turtles. if you can provide all their needs and it is still safe for the fish, you can go ahead and try it.

 

[garman]

painted turtles are fully aquatic, although not solely aquatic like a few species. not fully aquatic would be semi-aquatic, and that is something more like a wood turtle that needs half land and half water. mine just sleep on the bottom eyes closed, head and legs pulled in to the shell mostly, sometimes they sleep on the driftwood right under the surface of the water. in general you should assume that whatever is in the tank with a turtle, will become turtle food, and a turtle tank should be designed around the turtle, not around fish and then modified to accomidate a turtle.

my experience with my turtles is that i put a a dozen feeders in they will leave 5 and the 5 will ive and grow and wont be harmed until you dont feed them i didnt feed them for a while in the winter and the ate the pleco but now there are two feeder goldfish with them