Turtles with fish?

[Guest 2]

Hi just wanting to know if turtles and fish can live happily and if so what fish go best with turtles

cheers

[matt-sheeran]

i suppose that depends on what type of turtles and fish?

[adamski84]

I had some large oscars in with 3 turtles

[Guest 2]

I don't know many turtle species but was wanting to put one in with some large American cichlids

cheers

[Stevie wonder]

Ive got a murry river male turtle pretty big in with a jack dempsey and a green terror they are fine, But back in the day i had heaps of mollies and platies and he ate them all one day when i was at work ;o

[Guest 2]

Is there anywhere you can buy specific species of turtles

[Stevie wonder]

Check out different pet shops i guess, I got mine from pet city in Brisbane QLD.

[blade87]

i had my decent size turtle in a african display tank that was 6x2.5x2.5

[DeadFishFloating]

Turtles usually only maim or eat fish that you like.

[63off]

Sure they go well together, at least for the turtles. I know someone that tried it and ended up calling the turtles stealth fighters as they would slide up beside a fish and then suddenly attack the fish and eat it, he ended up with no fish.

If you're going to try it I would recommend letting the fish get too big to fit into the turtle's mouths. Oscars seem a good option as long as they're big enough to not be food fpr the turtles when you put them in together.

[DeadFishFloating]

I had someone let a turtle go in one of my koi ponds when I was living in NSW.

The turtle managed to damage about a dozen big fish and kill 6 I think.

I couldnt work out what was going on. Dived in after it, after I saw a fish swim past WITH A TURTLE LATCHED ONTO ITS TAIL.

They can take down large fish.

Fish are no good at avoiding them at night time, where turtles can hunt by scent.

[Guest 2]

If the turtle is small will it grown faster than my fish? And will it be able to hurt them if it's say 10cm and the fish are 30cm?

cheers

[DeadFishFloating]

For even asking that question

it sounds like you like, or even care about the fish.

therefor the turtle will maim or kill them.

IMHO thats how it works.

consider getting some fish you hate the sight of

and would never want to keep

if you do that

they will likely co-exist for a decade or more.

[kingcasper]

the smallest you can get are the Macleay River turtle Females reach 18cm and males 16-17cm

[john22]

keep ur turtles food upto it n everything will be fine if he gets hungry cause u dont feed it it wil catch its own food(ur fish) make sence

[goneself]

Always ends badly, sooner or later. Big fish just get eaten one bite at a time.

[MakuCentauri]

I've got a decent sized eastern longneck named Schnork with various fish. For some reason Schnork doesn't touch catfish (bristle nose, various Cori) even though they are bite sized - in general though if the fish is small enough to fit in the turtle's mouth then it probably will end up getting eaten.. If the fish are too big to be swallowed though Schnork completely ignores them. I've had Schnork with a variety of cichlids - JDs, Sevrums, Chocolate cichlids, Texas etc and he hasn't so much as bitten one.

[Saffa]

if you want some different turtles try the herp trader

The Herp Shop - Australia

Also you will need a reptile NPW licence/permit to keep turtles

Maybe have a look at the Saw shell turtles ,,,,, these are my favourites having the serrated edged shell red brown in colour with yellow underside, don't grow as big as other short neck species and tend not to hibinate.