Turtle tank, what would live in it?

[rockoman15]

I got a turtle tank for xmas, with two baby slider turtles. Im wondering what other fish, crabs,snails etc i could put in it.

i dont mind if my turtles eat them or if i hafta let them go in a bigger environment if they out grow my tank

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Unless you got a 200 gallon tank for Christmas you're going to need to upgrade in the future to a larger aquarium or pond. As for tank mates, anything you add will get eaten or killed.

 

[reptech]

nothing that you care about lol

 

[Tom500]

Maybe some snails but i would say you are stuck with turtles pretty much.

 

[rockoman15]

y would i ever need a 200 gallon tank for a turtle thats not going to get wider then 5 inches?

 

[frogman5]

it will get wider than five inches red ear sliders get pretty bit

 

[andyjs]

Yep, sliders are pretty big turtles. Males stay a little smaller, but you can expect a female to eventually reach a shell length somewhere near 12" (and width not much smaller than that)

 

[bettagurl]

y would i ever need a 200 gallon tank for a turtle thats not going to get wider then 5 inches?

They get bigger than that, there are a few at my local park who are at least 8" wide and 12+ long.
They also make a mess and a half, which means you will also need heavy filtration.

 

[HPIZZLE]

the people at petco dont know what their talking about. they get bigger than 5" across.

 

[krzr3000]

Like i said in your other thread, petco was wrong with the size and DO NOT release them when they outgrow your tank its irresponsible and illegal.