I have a baby yellow bellied turtle and right now he's in a fifty gal with a betta and a handful of danios and barbs. Right now he's small enough he ignored the fish, but I know eventually he wont be. I plan on upgrading his tank once he's bigger, but I was hoping to get some fish while he's growing that he can live with once their all grown. So far I'm thinking:
Redtail Shark; they get about five inches, they're territorial and wont tolerate other sharks, so I think they would be able to hold their own.
Striped Raphael Catfish; they get about eight inches, I've read they ca be kept with aggressive fish like cichlids, and they have sharp spines along their bodies they can raise in defense and croak when aggravated.
Cichlids; firemouths, macaws, blue acaras, false green terrors, serums and discus' I've read are all relatively unaggressive.
I'm leaning towards cichlids, but I've read people saying that their cichlids (especially other more aggressive breeds) would attack and harrass their turtles. So does anybody know about turtles and cichlids, or have experience keeping turtles and fish that would could share with me? Thank you!
(I double posted this in the reptile forum as well)
Redtail Shark; they get about five inches, they're territorial and wont tolerate other sharks, so I think they would be able to hold their own.
Striped Raphael Catfish; they get about eight inches, I've read they ca be kept with aggressive fish like cichlids, and they have sharp spines along their bodies they can raise in defense and croak when aggravated.
Cichlids; firemouths, macaws, blue acaras, false green terrors, serums and discus' I've read are all relatively unaggressive.
I'm leaning towards cichlids, but I've read people saying that their cichlids (especially other more aggressive breeds) would attack and harrass their turtles. So does anybody know about turtles and cichlids, or have experience keeping turtles and fish that would could share with me? Thank you!
(I double posted this in the reptile forum as well)
