Hi! Introduce yourselves here. :: Albino RES Luna doesn't hunt mino

[stephaniej]

Hello,
I have a 5month old albino RES named Luna. She is currently in a 30gal tank until she gets too big for it with her floating basking area, her heat & UVB lights , water heater, bubble stone and filter big enough for a 100gal tank. She lives with seven small fish (minnow), two snails and a crayfish. I've gone to a few forums and everyone says she should be primarily a meat eater right now, but she doesn't seem interested in the fish at all. I had some shrimp in there with her, but either she ate them or the crayfish did. I feed her a mix of hatchling/baby water turtle pellets and a frozen food that has meat, veggies and a calcium supplement, I also let lettuce float in her tank for her munching. Sometimes I will put a piece of cucumber in there, and she eats it pretty quickly. Should I be concerned that she doesn’t hunt the fish? Or is the frozen food mix enough?

Also, I have tried to upload a pic but can’t figure it out. I guess my pics are too big?

[steve]

Welcome to the forum!

The images are probably too big... I have a link in my signature on how to upload some to a 3rd party host.

It's fine that she doesn't hunt. You can hold one by the tail and see if she will go at it. What brands are you using for the pellets and frozen stuff?

[stephaniej]

Sorry for the delay, I feed usually him ReptoMin baby turtle sticks (3) and the frozen food is Aquatic Turtle Diet Juvenile Formula (2). Sometimes I drop in a pinch of the ZooMed Aquatic Turtle Food for hatchlings. I know it may seem like a bunch but he can’t see well, so a lot of it falls to the bottom for him to scavenge. Also, I feed him once a day, usually in the evening.

[steve]

As you might know, albino hatchlings might vision problems.