General Care Discussion :: Tomi is a little piggy

[vear]

So.... I've kept Tomi, my 6" slider in a 75 gallon with various fish for many months now. He'd eat one now and then.... maybe once a month... that's it. There was a minnow in there with him that got huuuge. I noticed he was gone last Friday... Tomi had eaten him!

Anyway, my husband thought the tank would look nice with more fish, so I bought about 10 minnows and put them in the tank. I also bought 4 albino cory's b/c I really fell in love with my green cories, and Tomi never touched them. Anyway... once Tomi sees all these fish in his tank, he went NUTS!!! OMG! He was chasing after them like a true hunter... fun to watch, not so fun for my new fish. I managed to save 2 of the albino and the other cories I had in there. HOWEVER, he ate 10+ fish!!! Don't they get full??? There are a few fish left in there, but he's still chasing them... nonstop. I've never seen him like this. Honestly, this is how I expected him to behave the first time I gave him feeders but he showed no interest.

Anyway... moral of the story... your fish WILL GET EATEN! Crazy turtle. Now I have to figure out what to do with the cories... silly me. I have 2 other tanks but they're small... 5.5 gallons. 1 has a male betta... the other 2 mystery snails... and at the moment, 5 cory catfish. I'm tempted to get a bigger tank... just for fish... but my husband is not convinced. ::sigh:: Crazy turtle.

By the way... how long should I hold off on feeding him? He ate a ridiculous amount and I'm sure he's not stopping until all the fish are gone.

[vear]

I really should delete the fish from my signature... lol.

[SINI5T3R]

Turtles are like Goldfish - they will eat themself to death (as ive been told). that is why over feeding in turtles is such a problem. they will basicly eat what ever you put in there tank untill its all gone. Fish, they will eat some, and then eventually get tired of chasing them around because there just not worth it and sooner or later the fish isint going to be looking and he will get it anyway. but mainly with foods that dont move, they will eat everything they can.

[Sir Max]

Its kinda funny for me to watch my turtle eat when i feed him

even though they are pellets or sticks

he still goes under water swims around for a bit then comes up fast underneath it AND STRIKES!

true hunter spirit haha

unfortunatly i dont really know the good amount of a decent meal for a turtle containing minnows

i have not fed my little guy any yet im sorry i cant help there ;P

it must of been quite a show though

[mike hill]

v-ar - Fact of life: sliders like to eat fish, any size fish if it can catch it. And yes, they are little pigs and will eat until they make themselves sick.