The WORST TANKMATES for Turtles (avoid these things) 

I put 4 turtles and a rat in an aquarium once. Now, those turtles fight crime, eats pizza and made the rat their master.

You and Chris are literally my favorite people to watch! 😆😁😄thank you for teaching! And sharing your experiences!

Hi Sol! I've had bad experience with algae eaters. Definitely a no go. Same with minnows, although I had assumed they'd end up snacks for the turtles. I have Buenos Aires tetras, and giant danios. You covered everything well. I have tried other tank mates like red tailed sharks, but ultimately removed them because I saw them being hunted. They just weren't quick or aggressive enough and probably would have wound up being ate.

Love your channel!

Snails and shrimp are great they breed fast and make a good food source for the turtle. As long as u have a big enough tank and hiding spots for them to be able to breed u should be good

I’ve had 2 comet goldfish and 1 shubunkin in the tank for about a year and a half now. I got them big enough so I know Timothee (my turtle) wouldnt be able to eat them. The first two weeks he chased them a bit but they’ve all coexisted peacefully ever since!

I currently have a 200gal tub with four red eared sliders. I wanted to try putting fish so I put minnows and goldfish. Unfortunately they ate the minnows in a day but all of the goldfish are still alive after six months. Happy with the result I put in a koi and it has been dominating the whole tub ever since.

Great video! 😃 🐢

Notif squad 🤙🤙🤙 Ppl really tryna put axolotls and turtles together 🥲

I currently keep 5 large bichirs, a rocket gar, and festivum cichlid with my adult pink belly slider and musk turtle, they coexist beautifully, but they are also in a 500g

AWESOME VIDEO!

Omg I'm kinda early again! I was just wondering what type of fish do u think will work with my yellow belly slider? She is still about 2-3 inches and loves to swim and bask. Thank you and LOVE your videos!!!❤️

so knowledgable! i have had my lil turtle 2 years now. he ate up all the fish I had in the tank so I would like to buy more soon.

The trap door thing with snails and turtles is a thing i had it happen years ago with painted turtles. Luckily I caught it in time. Happend multiple times.

Hi I love your videos and just wanted to ask how much does it cost to get a northern diamond back turtle I been wanting one for a month now and been doing a lot of research and now figuring out how much the turtle costs thanks and great video!

Hello my daughter recently got a baby yellow belly slider it took him a whole week before he ate anything which was a small warm cut in half and now he will only eat warms any advice please ?

I have a like 3 year d red eared slider and a tiger Oscar who is a small one and currently keeping in a 20 gallon until I can put him in the 69 gallon with the turtle do you think they would work together because my turtle is very aggressive to smaller fish

We have silver tip tetra's in our musk turtle tank, they have cohabitated quite well for the past 9 months.

turtle girl you said minnows are bad what about rosy red minnows? B because they say they are feeder fish bc I have a yellow belly and im leaving for a week and he snacks on them. Do you recommend that or buying a turtle automatic feeder.

can you give me information about a axolotl so My axolotl has vellow dots over its body and I have not seen it until today is that normal or is it not normal

Hi, my name is Mattie and I’ve watched a few of your videos. I just bought a two year old river Cooter and I was just wondering about literally everything like what type of basking area should I have in her tank? is there too much water in her tank? I’ve also watched a few of your videos about basking, and I still can’t help but to get very very concerned and it also kind of looks like she struggles to get to the top sometimes? Just wondering if you had any specific tips for this specific turtle❤

Hi I’m new here is it possible to keep a turtle with koi pond fish I’ve asked around but I I’m not getting a direct answer

I can probably find a location but I’d love to know where your from state wise cause down here in Georgia we have some great creek fish to keep with turtles like bream, small bass, hogsuckers, darters, catfish and horn threads. Love for you to see these fish. They live in and amongst yellow bellies and snapping turtles all the time

I got a turtle and her shell is turning black what should i do!

I've got cherry shrimp with my common musk turtle, she does catch them once in a while but she misses 9 of 10 she goes for lol. They've bred and taken over her tank.

So I just finished building my turtle tank waiting a few months to add them in while the plants get nice roots on them. Am having trouble finding some info someone might be able to help with. My wife wants to put her orchid in the basking area and I can't find any info on whether it's safe in there or not for the false map turtle and for the plant.

If the do good with tiger barbs would one be ok with a red tail shark I’m just concerned as the turtle would spend most of its time on the bottom where the shark stays so I know at some point the will interact and I know turtles aren’t that fast so would it at least stand up for itself/ be ok to just hide in its shell from all my research I’ve only read that retails just like to chase and don’t necessarily nip/ attack the fish but will swim the fish to exhaustion

I have 2 African clawed frogs and 3 snails in my turtle tank. I’ve had them for months they have no aggression towards eachother so it’s been good. But my snails did mate and laid eggs so I’ve moved them to a different tank haha

I used to throw some small feeders (i dont remember what they were) with my RES when I would go out of town for a week or so and he always seemed to save 1 to hang out with 😆

I have two river cooters with a betta ish for about 2 years and they never eat them. Even when i put in feeder fish the turtle with ea them but leave betta

Can I keep small turtle with glofish's together in my big tank Please reply me

If my tap water is from a well and it’s treated with salts is it still safe to top off the tank with?

Hey quick question for ya Turtle Girl, do I turn off the wave maker at night? Or should I keep that on!? Thanks my friend :-)

What types of setups or small turtle that I can put with my African dwarf frogs?

Can a large Pleco live with red earred slider turtles?

Question: I've had my turtle for about 4 years now but everything I come near he bites at the glass of the aquarium, he also tries to bite my finger when I pick him up to clean his aquarium. What do I do?

Hello my husband had a leaperd soft shell turtle and has feeder goldfish that has gotten big. You said they shouldn't eat goldfish????? It stops them from absorbing UVB??? For how long? I don't understand, is it temporary or permit that they won't be able to absorb UVB

I personally recommend rosy red minnows. Although they do contain thiaminase, that is not an issue when you are trying to cohabit them with turtles because if you set them up for success, the turtles will have a hard time catching them in the first place. Although they are "feeder" fish, they actually make much better tank mates! Reason 1: They can tolerate poor water conditions. Of course, the water should be kept as clean as possible, but they are not what I would call a "sensitive" species. They also have very basic oxygen requirements. Reason 2: They can tolerate temperatures anywhere between 100 degrees f and 33 degrees f. Reason 3: They are very fast. Their forked tails and streamlined bodies mean that if you provide them with a lot of space, they are too fast for the turtles to chase. Reason 4: They actually have a complex compound called "Schreckstoff" that marks their predators. That means that if one fish is eaten by the turtle, it will smell like danger to the others, and they will try harder to avoid it. The only reason feeder fish get eaten so quickly is because they are set up for disaster. They are usually not acclimated to the water, and they are thrown into the tank during feeding time. The results would hypothetically be different if the turtle was added into the tank AFTER the fish. But most importantly... Reason 5: Most people will not be devastated if the turtle manages to catch them. And if the turtle eats the minnows on one occasion, that is not nearly enough thiaminase to cause any issues. We also feed our turtle pellets that help to replenish any thiamin lost.

My turtle actively chases anything that moved lol recently started to move him to an inside tank because winter is coming and now I’m looking for a fish to help clean up the bottom today is the first day that he has been in it and he seems to like it

İ introduced two tetras, ghost and cherry shrimp and a snail in my RES tank and she tried to go after them for the first two days then gave up when she couldnt catch any 😅 now she mostly leaves them alone unless the shrimp get too close but honestly theyre too fast for my turtle. By the way my turtle is super hungry all the time and goes after anything that moves in the tank EXCEPT her current tank mates(she'll try to bite my hand when i remove the filter for cleaning even though shes well fed) the only problem i saw was she tried to eat the snail so i moved it to another tank but i think as long as the tank mates are fast enough its going to be alright. Also they do an awesome job of keeping the tank clean!

Can I put a golden flame tetra in a turtle tank

hey I'm trying to find a 125 gallon tank do you know where I could buy one? I've been trying to find one for the past 2 days and couldn't find one

One of my buddies breeds reptiles an for a while he had south American species of turtle living with a caiman lizard it was pretty great the turtle was big enough the lizard didn't see it as food an often the turtle would eat left over bits of aquatic snails that the caiman lizard crunched up

What about algae feeders? Those don’t need any special care do they? They just feed off the algae right ?

Can I put in a gulper catfish with turtle

I have a goofy trio of a crappie minnow, a small goldfish, and a baby soft shell turtle

I have a Red Eared Slider turtle and her shell is turning white(not white spots). Her shell gets more white in the sun but basks normally(i don't keep her in the sun for too long). Still she eats her food properly, basks in the sun properly and acts like any other healthy turtle, looks like a healthy turtle, she has clear, good eyes, her shell shape is normal. There isn't any good vets in my country. What should I do?

I personally wanna get scuds (freshwater amphipods) and seed shrimps as cleaners for turtles along with lots of plants to help filter the water

Been contemplating buying neon tetras to pair with my 5 inch slider...worst case my girl just has a slightly more expensive snack lol

See I had to find the most aggressive fish for my turtle Bowser’s pond… but then again my turtle is super aggro all the time everything just stays clear of Bowser now(bowser is a hybrid of a common Florida snapper and a alligator snapper)

Hiiiiii I’m early!!!

my small turtles are in a tank with a betta they dont bother him I have a red ear slider and a terrapin turtle but they are still small it may be different as they get bigger but an axolotl I can't have in the state of maine I want one really bad I hope the state changes law

Hey I rescued my yellow belly slider and I got a turtle topper and I have a 20 gallon tank high with a 3 inch shell juvenile and I’m planning to upgrade but I don’t have the money rn I love your videos and keep up the work💚💛 her name is moku expired from hoku 😁

I keep guppies, ghost shrimp, and a pleco with my razorback musk turtle it’s been about a month and so far so good I’ve only lost 1 shrimp to the turtle so far

I used to feed my turtle goldfish until I noticed she wasn’t eating the last three.. they have been living together over a year now

My turtle died today he was an orange earned slider he had some problems with his reptilian eye recent and treated and just today when I went out he died

NO TOXIC FISH From personal experience, please don't put any potentially toxic or poisonous fish in with a turtle. Under stress some catfish like cory cats can release a toxin. I has a snapper who was injured when he tried to snack on a cory cat. The turtle did eventually fully recover. The fish was definitely alive afterward, but had to be removed from that tank.

I have a common musk and a northern black knobbed map. They both will eat snails. The map will eat a snail every once in awhile and they can be much larger than will fit in his mouth. The musk will eat all snails, no matter what. Shell and all. Size doesn't matter. :) If it goes in his tank, be ok with it being eaten at some point. He even has a breeding population of guppies at his disposal whenever he wants a fresh snack. The map is able to live with kuhli loaches and neon tetras without issue.

My flying river turtle tankmates with my polypterus and nothing happens with them after 4th years. They growth together

What’s something that could stay with a male yellow eared slider. Found him as a hatchlings in the grass with seagulls trying to eat him so he’s very friendly with humans and even swims up to my hand and rests his head on it. But I’m unsure how a 15 year old male slider would react to fish or shrimp especially considering he’s been a little solo turtle for most of his life aside from a loach that’s catapulted itself out the tank somehow

So would shrimp and snails be safe prey to provide for them? Or do you list them in case one doesn't want to provide them as prey?

what about loaches with baby common musk?

You should do a reacting to axolotl/fish tank again I really want you to react to my axolotl tank it would be so fun to watch and i can get advies

Can I put a snow flake ell and a bichir fish in with a turtle 🐢

I got my turtle yesterday anyone have tips? He is a southern painted turtle he’s a baby!

Just as I was watching ur video my turtle is basking for the first time 🥰

My red eared slider LOVES ramshorns.

How often shall i feed my 2 year old red eared slider turtle?

Learned some hard lessons on this one. My baby alligator snapping turtle never attacked anything. Put an electric blue crayfish in with him, gone in 1 night. Yet a pleco has lived in with him for his whole like without being eaten. In my common snapper tank....nothing survives. Anything in there ANYTHING is food. Living or fake.

What substrat do you use for your leopard gecko ?

Snails and plecos by the way are perfect to be with turtles turtles don't mess with plecos for one they don't like to be near them they avoid them at all cost and snails they don't really go after unless they're out of a shell

thank you☺️ arowana turtle aquarium video my friend🐢🐠🐟

I definitely recommend tiger barbs and tetras that can out swim the turtle

Can you put crayfish?

I keep Jewel cichlids with my turtles and they do good together

and that's why my parents bought a 50 gallon tank for my goldfish now

How about Plecos? 🙂❤️🤙

My Painted Turtle got her claws stuck in a trapdoor snail. Fortunately I discovered it before she drowned.

Is it safe for me to be putting minnows in my turtle tank since he is a painted turtle & that would be his normal diet in the wild?

Which turtle breed are the most friendly for community fish tank?

I hate when people say oh you can't add other fish to a turtle tank. If you keep the water clean you won't have an issue. The first time I added neons my turtle ate a few. Sure it's natural. However, when I got more again she did not even touch them only if they died.

Can i put a baby turtle with My 3 five year old turtles in the tank?

Hi turtle girl, can you please do a video on how to care for a hatchling Red ear slider 😊. I'm sure it will be very helpful for many of us. Thank you

i recently got some zebra danios for my musk turtle tank expecting a bit of attempted murder but nessie has been quite welcoming!

I have 10 Buenos Aires Tetras in my turtle tank... they're buddies

I am an hour late Well atleast turtle girl content is good and helpful

Also no frogs

What kind of turtle is that in your background swimming around

Omg how big is the 75gallon turtle tank??

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How about an alligator gar?

What do turtles eat

I once had a chair named cheese until my pet turtle named Godzilla stomped on it in a fit on rage.

My Indian roof turtle eats cucumber only It doesn't eat it's turtle food What should I do 😭😭🙏 Please reply

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What kind of turtle do you have in this tank?

Hi turtle 🐢 girl 👩‍🦰 so I got two indian roofed turtles yay me so can you please do a care video of Indian roofed turtles

can my leopard gecko have a buddy?

Cool

I dont now why but a lot of my fish love to sleep on my turtels shel, my ancistrus, corya and my betta, also my turtel nevere show any interes for fish and i trust her completly, that is the reson why Betta is whit her