General Care Discussion :: fish

[firstimeturtlelover]

I just got a new bigger tank and I was thinking about putting in some fish with them I have some rosy reds in there already I was thinking about small goldfish or something like that.

[meltedspork]

Any fish you put in with your turtles will eventually get eaten. It may take a week, a month, or a year, but eventually it will happen. With that in mind, goldfish are not good for for turtles since they are very fatty. How about some guppies?

[LeslieMW]

can turtles eat guppies?

[meltedspork]

can turtles eat guppies?

Yep - The 2 recommended feeders for RES are rosie red minnows and guppies.

[firstimeturtlelover]

Just any kind of guppies and what about snails? Can you put any kind in there? If you can can you get them from Petsmart? That's the only pet store I have around here.

[Daniel3507]

ive had 2 snails in my tank. a blue mystery snail and a gold mystery snail. any kind of guppy will do. i spent $54 on a bunch of different kinds of guppies. they were all eaten

[untsmurf]

Before you add them to your tank, make sure and quarantine them. Pet stores are notorious for bad water conditions. You don't want to transfer something to your healthy turtle.

[Daniel3507]

very true. dont add the water they came in to the tank.

[spaceapple]

I got a couple 19¢ rosies and a $3 blue mystery snail the last time I was at the fish store. And which one do you think they chose to eat? The snail. The minnows live happily on...

[roseK]

sometimes on plants u get pest snails.

they are in a different tank of mine, but ever to often i go snail picking and fill wall-es tank

he likes them