Hi, Thanks for the video. Question can you please list every fish you have in your aquarium setup & the type of turtle you have, please? I want your same collection of fish & same type of turtle in my new 400 gallon fresh water tank. I really like the way the fish & turtle interact but i need the full list of every single fish you have & turtle type. Just so that i can easily order my new school of fish & turtles for my tank. I promise to post a video for you of my setup. But i need help with choosing cool fish & turtles.
I have a 65 gallon tall and 1 5 month old red ear slider turtle and 9 tiger barbs and 1 small size convict chiclid in my tank. What eles with that size tank can i add
Hey have a question would really like a response when possible can you put a turtle with a giant gourami I wonder because it has a long dangly feelers on the bottom of the fish which fish use to navigate the bottom of the ground and those feelers are really long however it is a large and aggressive fish so wondering if I can mix it to extremely aggressive even could take on my Oscars and kill them if I let it but I took the Oscar out obviously I took the Oscar out and he is with a bunch of other cichlids and he is fine and also the Oscar is almost nearly full-grown and no match for the guarana my Grammy's about 14 in big and growing possible 15 in at current size despite the size I feel that the turtle would probably have a worst bite than the gourami considering it snaps
@@nicolemorin6795 there's a big risk on both sides but more so for the gourami feelers. There are two ways this can work out. Either yhey are introduced when the gourami is young and small and more agile and active to avoid being bitten. By the time it gets bigger and slower, the turtle wouldve lesrnt it is not food. Or introduced when it is big which means it should be in a tank or pond of substantial size making it very possible just base off the size of the habitat. But if the giant gourami is grown out and kept in a tank that is only just fitting, that will be tok dangerous. Remember that no matter, a level of risk remains.
Im a new sub, and just noticed how lively your aquarium is. That shot at the beginning shows off the personalities of some of those guys. Grest vid, and keep up the good work!
I had a glyptoperichthys with a turtle in the same aquarium. After a year of leaving happily together, I found fish leftovers in the tank, without any previous warning that the turtle had become aggressive.
We've had our female for a little over 11 years living alone in a 30-gallon tank and thanks to this video we are finally considering keeping fish with her! (Of course, after she's upgraded to a much larger tank.) Only feeder minnows, though, but that's all I want in the tank anyways. They're hardy enough to cope.
My dinner plate sized RES caught me on the arm last night while I was cleaning her tank lol she got me good and bit about 3 layers of skin off . First time that particular turtle bit me after having her for 17 years . Anyone try’s saying a RES bite doesn’t hurt is full of crap lol I got a nasty bloody painful bite on my forearm to prove otherwise lol
Looks like the suckerfish enjoys riding the turtle, but seriously its a beautiful Tank, watched it multiple times but somehow i didnt hear you, it looks so beautiful :)
A lot of it depends on the species of turtle. Northern Map Turtles are one of the best choices when it comes to keeping turtles and fish together. In the wild, their diet is mostly insects and crustaceans. RES are very aggressive, and fish are their primary food source.
I got a catfish in mine now and the turtle doesn’t mess with him at all and he is 4 times bigger then him lol but the catfish is from the creek it does some vibrating shit when you pick it up or get next to it so I don’t think my turtle wants smoke lol it’s a pretty small tank also but I feed them a lot
My turtles name is waffles and he is 16 years old he can eat fish half his body weight he is a straight savage I feed him fish and frogs all types of stuff he doesn’t eat the bottom feeders though Iv had Ells and catfish from the creek in there he never messes with them
I started with a 20 gal. about 2 months or so ago and had 1 slider, 1 goldfish, a koi and a pleco. All was well and koi outgrew the turtle and is now twice his size. Added another slider about a month ago, upgraded to a 75 gallon tank and added 2 smaller koi. Big mistake because I noticed when feeding this morning that one of the new kois is no longer in tank. I searched high/low and all I can come up with is that they ate it...Sucks!
Thank you so much for this video! I have been doing a lot of research about turtles and fish and logging and stuff like that but this video also really helped! Thanks!
I keep my Brown Roofed Turtle with 10 fish. They've been with the turtle for four months and no losses have occured due to predation since introduction. There were initially 18 fish; 2 died due to suffocation as they got stuck on an ornament, one got killed by her own mate after breeding, I sold five and one is in my shrimp tank now. That leaves us 9 fish but I recently got another fish so that makes 10 again. Sorry for not naming the fish, otherwise this comment wouldve been too long
I feel you, my turtle just ate goldfish and they have been in tank together since May...I have 4 koi left and I may just put them in another tank. What's crazy is the koi were fighting over the carcass with the turtle🤦♂️🤬
I am keeping my turtle successfully with S.A cichlids for more than 5 years. I do agree with all the points that you have mentioned in this video, slow moving and long finned fish is a big no for turtles
@@eiriksando6693 i think instead of turtle jack Dempsey and GT in same tank will become a reason for your worry in near future, anyway which turtle will you keep in the tank
My red eared slider is a female and she’s very aggressive. She eats everything. I wish we could keep fish with her. She would need a huge tank to even try again and then she would most likely still eat them.
Also need to consider whether it's safe for the turtle - plecos can damage a turtle's shell, cories have spiny fins and some fish, such as goldfish, contain thiaminase, which is really bad for turtles if they eat them
A. 120 gallons, turtles need space to swim for exercise purposes. B. That Turtle is a Red Eared Slider C. They gan grow to the size of a plate D. I recommend searching up “ Carson’s Aquatics” on yt, amazing set ups and really entertaining! ( I am no pro, these are the things I learned while owning my own turtle! )
I have a male river cooter loving turtle. He is sweet to me and to my goldfishes. Never hurt them and they had baby fishes recently. I have a 4000 gallon pond so I decided to buy a female for him. I got a female yellow belly slider a third of his size and much younger. Probably 4 months old and Joy my male is almost two yo. She chase the fishes and bite the tails. I noticed 2 with injuries in their tails. So I had to bring her to a 50 gallon tank until I decide what to do. I can give back to the store but I don't want because she is too cute and I love her already. Do you think by growing older she may calm down and stop chasing the fishes? I made the pond when Joy was one year old. Please help and thank you in advance.
Great video mate. What do you think of silver sharks? In terms of activity they are not as active as tiger barbs but they seem intelligent and extremely fast. But they tend to stay together in a school, am wondering if a school of them would do better against 2 palm sized turtles.... I have a pond so space isn't much of a problem.
Yo brother what’s the best way to show you a picture or vid of my tank, you inspired me 👏🏾🙏🏾to get a turtle + fish tank , since your tank looked so mesmerising I would love to show you what I was able to do( looks quite ascetically pleasing with decor and life) 📣📣😂😂😂😂😂I have a razor back musk btw 👌🏾
2 decades ago i have fish with 1 turtle but i do have big fishes like those tigerbarb hammerhead and the like no smaller than that is good to go my turtle is also small like that one
I'm watching this video for advise on keeping red-eared sliders with rosy-red minnows. Yeah, that's right. I'm actually trying to keep her with FEEDER fish! I don't want her to eat too many of them because of the thiaminase content. This video might help me to minimize predation. Thanks!
Another thing about rosy-red minnows is that when one fish is killed by a predator, it released chemicals to warn to others to go into hiding. A good survival strategy!
Good video and accurate. I wish you made a list of ideal fishes to keep. Your fish are huge compared to turtle. I just lost a convict. Have a small Jack Dempsey with mine.
I'm actually in the early works of creating a vid on my top fishes to keep w them. Had to do a lot of experimentation and observation before i could share a list. I currently have a juvi jack dempsey too (my latest vid is on adding him). Im surprised you lost your convict, they usually do really well with RES. Was it a male or female convict?
@@SGBeardedAquarist Yes the Convict was doing amazing and got bigger than my juvi jack dempsey. I also have a surviving gold fish in there that is huge. I always put fish in through the acclimation process with bag of fish in tank and keep turtle out for a long time (30-90 min) so the fish get familiar with the hiding spots and such. My canister filter tap had broke (eheim pro 2) and I reorganized how water flowed. I seen the convict get caught. Not sure if the new flow of water made it underestimate its options of how to get away or what but I had high hopes. I have Canister and 2 power heads so there is a lot of current. My turtle is big though (8 inch shell from bottom measurement). I have seen exactly what you say where if the fish is very ACTIVE, it loses interest. At first I thought turtle only liked bright fish but that was not the case. I have some good hiding spots and bridges which i see the dempsey take advantage of. Here are my list of fish below. My turtle was always significantly bigger than all of them. Great Danillo's - bought a school of like 5 and down to my last 1. They lasted over 6 months, still not sure how they get caught but they did the best. Fast, short fins, active, seem intelligent Barbs - fast but not that active. They did ok but possibly water parameters caused them to give up. I just started seeing them dissappear. Last 3 went missing all in the same night. Goldfish - only 1 survived and still alive till this day. Turtle still tries to get it from time to time but too fast Big Snail - no chance. Sooner or later turtle gets too bored and goes after it Convict - Did well but...(story above) Jack Dempsey (Juvy) - doing great and still growing (2 inches tops) BTW, this is in a 75 gal now. I want to try Haps but hear they grow fast and eat other fish so want jack dempsey to get descently bigger before I try to introduce one. Was thinking of putting a bala shark but was told they get aggressive and big. Dont want the turtle to have issues since the turtle is the primary focus of tank.
Wow thank you for sharing! I would have thought that by the time a turtle is 8 inches itll be too big, slow and more herbivorous to be that interested in fishes. You mentioned barbs, what kinda barbs were they? And yes, bala sharks get huuuuuge. Not sure about aggressiveness but just housing them itself would be an issue.
@@SGBeardedAquarist Thanks for responding! I have had the turtle for 8 months now roughly and it was probably 5-6 inches when we first got it, standard legal size I guess since you cant buy them too small. Mine has a diet of turtle sticks/pellots, shrimp pellots and assorted lettuce. It will literally eat anything in the tank, even the left over fish pellots and flakes. I am continuously making an effort to feed it a balanced diet and not over feed. I had tiger barbs. I had about 4 or 5 initially. They are fast, small fins, they did amazing! When I first introduced, I remember waking up to 1 on the floor, must have tried to get away from the turtle? But the others did well. They werent that active like the Giant Danillo's but they were fast and the turtle never got close to them. One day they were all gone and I think it may be related to water parameters. My son threw something in the water which may have impacted them, so I consider tiger barbs good options. I have a 75 gallon tank and dont plan to go any bigger so the shark (if it even survived) may not have been my best long term fit. I'm curious how an eel or other style of fish would work with the turtle.
I feel you about turtles eating anything; mine eats all the fish poop too. And yes its always a balance between their hunger and over feeding. Too little food and fish become the food. Too much and its bad for them. Keep me posted if you ever give other fishes a go! :)
My turtle has like 5 minnos and 1 goldfish as tank mates she once in awhile chases them but can't catch or likes the company of. As long as I feed her she seems to ignore the fish and they get along just fine. All were initially feeder fish to begin with but she ate the ones she either didn't like or caught off gaurd and ate what she could and lost interest in chasing the rest. Feeder goldfish is to big now for her to try going after and the minnos have hiding places and mostly stay in a group so she no longer messes with them either. I feed my turtle on one side of the tank and the fish on the other so they don't compete for food and it keeps them seperated and focused so they don't have any issues. I would like to add a few other fish but don't know what kind to add just yet as my turtle did eat a plecostomas I added awhile back rip sqweegy but have yet to replace him as a plecostomas is a pricey fish to replace over and over. Love your videos and experience. Would like to see your turtle ramp and bask spot if you have one and how you set it up looks homemade and looks great.
If you get the turtle as a small baby probably. Some fish will pick on s real small turtle tho so watch out for that. If the turtle has never ate anything but turtle food and not fish once he grows big enough to hunt the fish he probably won’t bother. That’s been my experience for years. Bigger the tank better they chances they coexist as well. I have a 125 gallon and have never had a single issue between two painted turtles and various fish for years.
My turtles are super aggressive...the two of them no longer can be kept together and I have to use a separator to avoid them biting each other, they are 2 years old. And keeping fish with them is giving them live food - I tried guppies, shark fish, tiny prawns, orange fish, plants....none survived over a day 🤦
Could an American bullfrog cohabit with a red-eared slider under any circumstances? Our local Petco sometimes accidentally imports tadpoles in with their feeders. I would love to "save" one, but if it turns out to be a bullfrog, then we would not have enough space to accommodate it. We also have a red-eared slider whom I was hoping we could house in a large outdoor enclosure. I know putting it with a turtle doesn't seem like "saving" it, but at least in a pond it would have a chance to escape, unlike in an aquarium that uses them as feeders. Adult bullfrogs are also somewhat less defenseless than tadpoles.
Bro I need help I have oscars with my turtle Tim he is a RES(11”) they were living together for about a month now my turtle has a interest in my black oscars (he is leaving albinos) what he do is just come in front of fish with his head in and gets bitten and then he follows as fish go I’m pretty concerned as earlier he used to get away after get bitten but now he is doing this again and again pls help bro
I think one thing you could try is getting some aquatic plants that stay at the surface and root down into the water. I heard this helps with algae and filtration over all. Also, Marimo Moss Balls.
My tank had chiclids in it before i got my turtle. He was smaller than the fish. He never has tried to attack them and it 6 months in now. The fish will literally steal food out his mouth. There's no fear of sense of food between them.
Hmmm I have a 55 with convict cichlids I've been planning to restock by removing all but one pair as they've outgrown the tank... maybe a turtle could be a fun change
I have African cichlids with my 2 red eared sliders they're 3 and a half the cichlids are a year or more and they're all good if I put feeder goldfish in the 250 gallon they're gone idk thereasoning of fish but ya
Hi... I have 6 Red Parrots, 3 Oscars, 2 Mono, 3 Silver Shark, 2 Black Ghosts & 1 Sucker ---- avg. size 4 inches.... tank size 5x3x3 fts --- can I still keep turtles with them ?
My female RES turtle is 5 inches, and my tank is a 75 gallon, with a zoo med desert UVB and heat lighting kit with a mini combo deep dome dual lamp fixture a 75 watts reptile basking spot lamp bulb and a 13 watt 5.0 UVB reptisun, an eheim professional 4+ canister filter. Can it be possible to put a baby RES or any type of turtle along with it. I used to have a smaller male turtle, who is a baby living alongside with mine and they got along just fine, until he died
Hi there! Loved the video:) how do you feel about sand in a turtle tank? I want to do sand so bad but everyone is telling me I should never do that. They say my tank will get too dirty and cloudy.?? I’m transferring my turtles from a 55 gallon to a 150 gallon aquarium next week and really want to do sand in it. If you have time please please let me know your thoughts. Thank you!
SG Bearded Aquarist about how many tiger barbs do u keep in a 50 gallon I always hear ppl complain about over stock and stuff but ur tank looks amazing. What’s ur maintenance like with this tank
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I kept one year old turtle (may be lesser) with an oscar (quite grown up).. the oscar attacked on it ... the turtle started bleeding and died eventually
The Same thing happened to me I search up on google if you can keep a baby turtle with a bigger turtle and nothing really came up but one article said it was ok so I put my baby turtle with my two bigger turtles I watched them for a while and they were friendly then they attack it when I was outside
When I introduce new fish I always remove the turtles,rearrange the tank "landscape",let the fish settle in for several hours then return the turtles. They are more interested in exploring than the fish.
@@mozfan2436They live in a 120 gal tank but I feed them in a 30 gal tote with enough water to swim.Keeps allot of the mess out of the tank.They also have a full belly when they meet the new fish.
How about feeding? Can fishes and turtle share food? From what I see from my Google search, their dietary is difference, but i guess both of the fishes and turtle would snatch the food irregardless of whose food we are pouring in
While there are slight differences in their diets, both generally do fine with each others diet (note that fine does not mean optimal). Turtles may require more calcium content and older turtles may do better with lower protein amounts, but you can easily find a fish food that is a good in between or fix a mix of turtle and fish food and even if they each get a mix of both, theyll be fine. This is especially true if you're keeping red eared sliders/hardy species of turtles and most species of fish. If you're keeping delicate species or turtles or fish with very specific requirements, you may need to take more precaution.
Hi, I am sorry that I am three months late LOL, but those fish are called brittlenose pleco’s I went to a pet store and I seen some that were running for $3.49 and I also seen some that were running for $4.49 they’re pretty affordable and they can get really big if you take care of them properly, -Jazz😂🤚🏾
Hello SG thanks for the video. I have a problem if U can halp me please. I have added two Tiger Barbs Tetra with a baby turtle and the turtle is very scarred and doesn't swin anymore.
Would a suckermouth catfish be ok to house with my yellow bellied slider and painted turtle? I read somewhere that you don’t wanna keep them with pig-nosed and soft shells, because they’ll suck on their shells and it’ll cause inflammation or death. Is that the same problem with other turtle species too?
