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Meer Small Fry Posts: 13 Kudos: 10 Votes: 0 Registered: 17-May-2006	Hi, as I have already witten that I am about to make a fish pond i have decided to add some small turtles with my koi... but the thing is that I really dont know that is it a good idea or not. help me
Posted 20-May-2006 22:06
Garofoli Big Fish Posts: 337 Kudos: 143 Votes: 27 Registered: 12-Apr-2006	My friend has a small turtle from China Town in his 120g, He says that depending on the type they can get too big and injure the otherfish... Study diffrent types first, and for a outdoor pond can they escape. Limit the amount of places for them to stand upon. Chris
Posted 21-May-2006 01:39
longhairedgit Fish Guru Lord of the Beasts Posts: 2502 Kudos: 1778 Votes: 29 Registered: 21-Aug-2005	Ive been seriously into herpetology, and fishkeeping for decades, and trust me turtles and fish are a terrible combination, firstly because turtles are basically filthy creatures who will ruin the water quality of anything short of a completely massive lake, and then theres the predation issues. Almost all freshwater turtles will take bites out of fish much bigger than themselves on occassion. Have one , or the other, but not both. Seriously.
Posted 21-May-2006 04:24
OldTimer Mega Fish USAF Retired Posts: 1181 Kudos: 1294 Votes: 809 Registered: 08-Feb-2005	I have kept turtles in the past and have to agree with the above that they are one of the dirtiest animals that you can keep. I had one that I kept in a 55 gallon tank for quite sometime and it was difficult to keep up with the water changes to keep things clean. Jim Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody. -- Mark Twain
Posted 21-May-2006 04:41
longhairedgit Fish Guru Lord of the Beasts Posts: 2502 Kudos: 1778 Votes: 29 Registered: 21-Aug-2005	Edited by longhairedgit Then there the other little issues like there being almost no pond plants that one or the other wont devastate, the fact that the vitamin balance in the diet needs to be completely different, with the turtles requiring a calcium intake that would calcify the internal organs of the koi, and if the turtles eat koi food theyll probably get metabolic bone disease eventually. Then theres the fungus issues, turtles covering or moving pond pump vents, needing basking areas above water ....the fact that turtles like warmer water than koi.... it just goes on and on! I could go on about it for several pages, but trust me, its an idea on a par with keeping mice and piranhas together.
Posted 21-May-2006 05:22
Fallout Moderator Communications Specialist Posts: 6416 Kudos: 4053 Votes: 742 Registered: 29-Jul-2000	I agree, keep them seperate. I've known people to keep small african sidenecks with fish in a tank while young, but they do need seperate and distinct requirments. I'd say keep turtles in a seperate pond, but we all know where they'd end up
Posted 21-May-2006 08:45


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