I am new here so this may be in the wrong section but I have a 55 gallon tank with about 15 1.5 inch african chiclids and I was wondering if there was any fully aquatic turtles that I could put in the tank with tham that doesnt get giant and wont eat them. Anyone know?
Turtles and Cichlids?
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until i split the tank, had a yellow bellied slider in successrully with an oscar and some other fish in a 75. The slider is primarily aquatic, but had a dock (commercially available at reptile stores and most lpt's) and it worked well for over 3 years. Turtle will eat the fish, potentially, if it thinks it can..... So get a cichlid bigger than it's throat or faster or both.... or lots so doesn't matter if some become snacks
If you can provide the necessary land area and lighting it can work...conditional to wether or not you want the fish to be consumed. I've seen some nice setups, but they are never casualty free.
And i'm pretty sure the 100% aquatic species are to big for a 55.
And i'm pretty sure the 100% aquatic species are to big for a 55.
Yeah I keep my stinkpots with fish too but in this case the OP wants to know what species can live in that size tank without any place to get out. No species are coming to my mind. A mud or musk turtle might work but once again they do need a place to get out and they don't like deep water for the most part.
Pretty much what stopped my from adding one of my 4 baby stinks to my tank.Vicious_Fish;2101533; said:
woulden't advise it luv, turtles are notoriously dirty animals plus large chiclids would attack the small turtles and vice a versa.
Keeping turtles and fish together is not impossible but it's also not likely to work long term. Yeah you can keep your baby sliders, painteds, maps, whatever with fish when they're young and you might get lucky and then again you might not. Active species that tackle big prey are obviously highly not recommended with bite size fish such as snappers, softshells, mata matas and sometimes female maps. Most aquariums are not big enough to accommodate the territories of both the fish and the turtles. In an outdoor setting such as a pond things can work out much better because there is more space for the two to stay clear of each other. If one does try to keep the two in the same tank, make sure to provide plenty of hiding places for the fish and keep your turtle well fed! 
Stinkpots and Mud turtles are pretty good species to keep with fish because for the most part they don't actively hunt large prey and prefer to walk along the bottom in search of small, bite size prey and other easy to catch things. But things can change at the drop of a hat. For the most part I've been lucky with keeping my stinkpots with fish. They totally ignore them and my female convict will actually bully the turtles to some extent when she has eggs. It's pretty funny to see a 3 inch convict push a turtle across a tank.
Stinkpots and Mud turtles are pretty good species to keep with fish because for the most part they don't actively hunt large prey and prefer to walk along the bottom in search of small, bite size prey and other easy to catch things. But things can change at the drop of a hat. For the most part I've been lucky with keeping my stinkpots with fish. They totally ignore them and my female convict will actually bully the turtles to some extent when she has eggs. It's pretty funny to see a 3 inch convict push a turtle across a tank.