General Care Discussion :: is this food good for RES?

[Farshad.roger]

Hey Guys i bought these fishes to give to my turtle but i dont know if thy are good or not
what do u think?

[worldpeace]

They look like Rosy Minnows, so yes, they are good.

[TheComputerGremlin]

Yeah, in general, you want lean fish, and those look a lot leaner (i.e. thin, streamlined) than like gold fish. Just make sure that you are buying from a reputable place, since there are toxins, parasites, and diseases that can be passed between the fish and turtle.

[Farshad.roger]

thanks alot
i just bought some fish for my RES...vet said when they die wash the fishes with salt cause its anti infection so any toxin and things like this will go away......and someone put A BIT of salt when they were alive and then put it in the tank and turtle hunted them and ate the fishes...i dont know if they were still salty...or that abit of salt from their body that goes to the tank will bother the turtle or not?
the tank is big ...so i dont think a bit of salt from body of fish can do something but i still ask this Question from myself...
and i changed the place of the rest of the fishes with clean water not salty! but still the clean water will get a bit salty too ....
u think is this harmfum for the turtle?

[coopersnow]

They kinda look like guppies I got the other day. They should be ok? How big are they compared to your turtle?

[lovingma09]

the turtle will be fine. i feed those to my turtle.

[Moose]

lol my turtles just like to chase them

[Farshad.roger]

wellll cooopersnow ...they are not very big ..tehy are smaller than my RES...she is 6.5CM...fishes are less....but there are usually some big ones that my RES is crazy about them....
thanks guys for guiding

[blackforces get you]

mine wont even eat those anymore. and if i do give it to them they have this thing against the silver ones.

they want the nice juicy orange red-ish ones. and sometimes they don't even eat them. their satisfied with goldfish

BUT im a good turtle keeper sooo i don't spoil them by getting them goldfish. either they learn how to eat minnows or no fish at all. so far they haven't had fish for almost a year now. im surprised they haven't chased me around the house for that fish

[Farshad.roger]

i have to say that RES are such smart turtles and they have alot of bad habbit:D
first that i put these fishes on her tank she start hunting them in 5Min she took 4 fish( they are so fast)....and after that i fed her ONCE..with my hand....
and now she just chase them for fun when its really FOOD TIME nad she is hungry....she is at the window of aquarium waitng for me....