Feeding and Nutrition :: Duckweed

[panicnausea]

Hey everyone,
I've been cutting back on the pellet food and switching to more aquatic plants for my res turtle. I feed her anacharis every other day, which she eats immediately. I also have duckweed floating in the tank. They seems to disappear a little every day. The amount of duckweed i put usually covers half the tank. On average she takes a little over a week to finish all the duckweed. My question is, am i over feeding her?

Also, I decided to look up the nutritional facts for duckweed and found it's full of protein. My turtle is about 2 years old now and i'm wondering if duckweed counts as a staple food source as i was told res turtle should eat less protein/meat when they're older. Does this mean duckweed is bad for my turt?

[Linus]

Duckweed is great for turtles. You have to think that it's found naturally in their enviorment.

[slider_keeper]

how much does duckweed costs and how much do you get?

[panicnausea]

I don't know places that really sell them. you can usually get them for free from most lfs, and if your lfs doesn't carry them, just head out to a pond where u see ducks cus with some scavanging i'm sure you can find some

[Linus]

^^ Where are you really?

[rana]

What does duckweed look like?

[Diamondbacks4Life]

What does duckweed look like?

They are really tiny little like leaves that float on the surface of the water. Here is a pic with a hatching in some, so you know its very small because that is only a hatchling.

[Linus]

It's the smallest flowering plant in the world.

[panicnausea]

i live in Canada and i find them in at some ponds, but you got to really search for it. I find them where cat tails block the currents from moving the duckweed

[xfallwithmexo]

Is it safe to just take from the wild?

[Diamondbacks4Life]

Is it safe to just take from the wild?

Yep, might get little extra with like larva from different insects or snails but those are all great things for a turtle to have.

[rana]

I have a few tiny little leaves floating in my plant tank, they have more than tripled in the last three weeks waiting till I get alot then I will put it in the tank with the turts. They will pig out till its gone I am sure!