TOP 5 FISH for TURTLE TANKMATES
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- Опубліковано 7 лип 2024
- these are my top 5 fish for turtle tankmates! keeping fish and turtles in the same tank can be tricky business, so it's important to pick fish with characteristics that give them a better chance of survival - a few of my favorites (in no particular order) are tetras, danios, livebearers (such as guppies), cichlids, and tiger barbs! Thanks to @AquariumCoop for the use of the b-roll!
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CONTENTS
00:00 my top 5 fish
00:17 Tetras
01:03 Danios
02:06 Livebearers
03:03 Cichlids
04:04 Tiger Barbs
04:26 subscribe! - Домашні улюбленці та дикі тварини
always remember to do research on the specific species you want to attempt keeping with your turtle ;) obviously fish have care requirements too!!
May I ask if you are able to link the stand you use for hokus tank
hello I am asking a question I live in California and I saw a axolotl on eBay I am willing to buy everything for it but should I get it even tho it’s banned
Today i bought 6 neon tetras for my turtle tank they both are baby 6 months old red eared slider i already had kept 5 feeder fishes for there feeding but they never ate them but today one of my turtle hunted down 2 neon tetras 😅
So no betta?
Uh turtle girl what happen to Nemo? :(
Picked up 5 tetras and my turtle ate them all within 10 mins. Lol. Guess my guy is too agressive
Man I know thats right mine will eat anything I put in its tank 😂
Video idea xx u could do one that has a list of safe vegetables and fruits for turtles 😍🐢
ye that's a good idea
Yupppp
Yesss please.!
thanks for the suggestion!
I put Balloon Red Eye Tetras in with my turtles. They are great to watch and the turtles only tried a few times to get them. Only problem was 2 got stuck in the filter and had to be separated till the next day to recover. Put a tiny bit of salt in with them. There were also the plants I had bought in that smaller tank too. They totally recovered and are now part of the school again.
Finally! Been waiting for you to post this type of video. :D Been planning on upgrading my turtle tank and adding some fish with him but not sure what to put that won't harm him. Perfect timing!
glad to help ya out ;)
I’ve had success with green sunfish and some other natives in my biotopes. Great video keep up the good work!
that's awesome! thanks for sharing :)
I keep crayfish with my eastern painted, I have lots of abs pipes and décor at the bottom for cover and they come out at night to clean.
Yes, we would love more fish mates for the turtles. Thank you!
you're welcome!
I actually have a pleco, an algae eater, platers, and danios, I have giant danios and zebra danios and out of all the fish I put with my turtles only 2 ended up missing, but they are so use to the fish being in there now that it doesn’t bother them anymore
yeah! Sometimes after the fish have been there for a little while, the turtles don't bother them anymore!
What size tank do you have?
I have a 75 gallon tank for my red eared slider. If I put goldfish or minnows in the tank, they are all gone by the next day. That's like 15 fish! Turdle Urdel is a pig! 😳
@donnadenney5539 , same here. I put 25 Goldfish in my Turtle tank & by the time I got home from work, all of the fish were gone.
Red Eared Sliders are glutenness eaters & they'll keep eating just bc it's there 🤷🏽♂️
I am a little guilty bc I do feed my turtle 3 or 4 days out the week.
What size is your turtle?
When I bought mine it was the size of a quarter, but 13 yrs later she's the size of a large dinner plate.
Her Carapace is 11 inches long & 10½ inches wide.
She's huge & spoiled 😲
Oof I would love to get fish for my red eared sliders tank but he would most likely eat them! And eventually he would end up eating the fish food but overall I love the idea of getting turtles tank mates!
Haha it can be tricky business...some turtles are more interested in eating their tankmates than others haha
I’ve been waiting for a vid like this!!
:DD glad you're excited!
I recently added Rosy Red minnows to my red eared sliders tank, and they were actually meant as feeder fish. I had read that they are a good source of calcium for turtles. But it seems like my red eared slider just ignores them. Every now and then he'll make a half hearted lazy attempt at em for a whole like 2 or 3 seconds then give up lol.
Thanks for the great content!
Great job on this project ❤
Great video. Right on the money. Fast, large, or sneaky is the way to go. Nothing flashy. I have 2 southern painted turtles in planted community tank, from birth, for a year with zero losses so far. Parrot cichlids (deformed mouth can do no damage and large enough to fend for self. Tiger barbs, clown loaches ( school together for safety), American flag fish pair (for hair algae crew) fast. overlooked are nerite snails and glass shrimp. Yes they will eventually be eaten, but do an amazing job helping with the tank chores, and easy to replace.
Sounds like an awesome setup Noel!
Thank you. Your channel is amazing. So much awesome info. Your parents must be very proud! I suppose I should mention a few rules that have made keeping community tank a success. It isn’t just as easy as tossing fish in with them. Is more work by a bit for sure, but we’ll worth it. Feed the turtles in a different tank. Keeps water in tank better, and while turtles eat in their feeding tank… feed the fish. Turtles will associate the other tank with food instead of the community tank as well. Lots of plants, some get shredded, replace them. Never Ever turn room lights on, once off for the night. Turtles will be ready to eat like a new day, the fish will still sleep, and the ending is not good. Lots of hiding spots. Being in a tank with a predator is stressful. If there are multiple spots throughout the tank that the fish can use to hide or ditch the turtles. They will be happy and move around. Lose track of time watching all the interactions. :)
thank you for sharing your passion with us all!!
Thanks this was much needed!
Happy to help!
I love that you said cichlids I have red parrot cichlids with my turtles and they grow with them!
neat! glad it worked out for you!
Same! My blood red and turtle were besties
thanks for the info 🤗 btw, love ur haircut 💚
thank you, appreciate it!! ☺️
I’ve got a 9” red eared slider in a 90 gallon tank with 3 Bala Sharks, 5 Tin Foil Barbs, 12 Tiger Barbs, 7 Convict Childlids, 8 small Rainbow Sharks, 3 Placos, 6 small goldfish …..
I keep 150 neon tetras with my Loggermusk. It works great
Forget all the fancy fish
Just get feeder fish cheap as nails and are fast and last forever …. Colourful and cool
I have four glo fish and a sucker with my cumberland slider! They cohabitate very well
Nice!!
Tetras and danios is what I have. Yes some get ate occasionally, but I just replenish them. They're pretty cheap.
nice!!
Thanks for this! I have a fish tank with some of these and I plan to add a baby turtle this summer!
welcome! Best of luck - hopefully it works out for you :)
Hello, I am planning to get two red eared sliders but I do not have enough space nor money for a big tank. So can I grow my turtles in a tub of dimensions around 50 x 30 x 20 ( it satisfies the 10 gallon thingie) in my balcony where they will get enough sunlight to bask? Will it be good for them?
Love this video cuz I've been thinking of getting fish for my slider, so thank you 🤩
glad it could help :)
Great Topic!!!😃🐢🐟
Thank you :))
My slider ate my tetra in 15 minutes😂 i have a single gourami in there thats been chillin and vibing with him pretty well. As well as 3 smaller goldfish and a placo
Tiger barbs are the best! I loved them in my old "jungle" tank
they're great - probably going to be the next fish I try.
Would love to see more tank mates
Do you have helped me so much thank you you’re the reason that I am now keeping four turtles❤
how awesome!
awesome video I keep convicts with my baby red ears And they do well together
Glad that works out for you!
@@TheTurtleGirl thank you 😊
I really need this because I got my turtles 5 days ago there two yellow belly sliders there really cute thank you for this video.
They were ordered
Congrats!!
Can you please help me out. i got a little red eared slider and i have been trying to fed her leafy greens and the calcium block but she wont eat neither i have tried wrapping her favorite food around with lettuce but she just spits it out, i didnt fed her for like a week, i tried giving her just lettuce for like 3 weeks and she just bites it once and never again. the same goes for the calcium block and idk what to do to get her to start eating and i dont know if there are any pellets that give the same nutrients as leafy greens and calcium
Hi this vid is perfect for me thanks for posting
so glad. :D
lol you made this video the day i went out looking for fish for my turtle. didn’t get recommended until today sadly
How do you possibly keep a fish tank clean, with a turtle involved in that setup? I have had many cichlid aquariums and turtles as well, usually red eared sliders, or painted turtles. Keeping an aquarium clean is not so bad, with good filtration, and small water changes weekly, but I always found keeping a turtle tank clean always seemed impossible?
Because of the water getting so dirty within days, I never felt I could really decorate the tank, because I constantly needed to completely empty it so often....
I think a beautiful aquarium of cichlids, and a turtle would be just amazing, but what is the best way to keep the water clean and clear? Any special tricks, or SUPER filtration devices that you could recommend?
Thanks for the great videos.
so good keep it up
thanks!
I have convict cichlid( blue, pink) and 2 blood parrot cichlid but they breed making some blue polar parrot and the Convict Became super agresive I had to separate them
I try German blue ram and It work thank for the so I can have more ideas in mine
GBRs are beautiful!! Glad it worked out for you :D
My eastern painted is a savage so he will eat anything i put in the tank (haven’t tried cichlids yet). Except this one big bristlenose pleco (kind of his buddy).
they can truly be savages 😂
I put in 4 rosy minnows months ago, as feeder fish only. I have 2 left and one baby fish. Wish I would have watched this video then. Although minnows are great for eating waste they are just not as pretty as the ones you have mentioned. I thought they would have been eaten by now.
it's always a hit or miss with fishy tankmates! you just gotta try stuff out and see what works :)
put 8 neon tetras in with my RES and YES. the YES had all 8 eaten in 2 days. also my hatchling RES took out a 5" Kuhli Loach. the fish I had success with are Dianos, rosie barbs, gouramis and a beautiful pleco. they all hang out together and the turtles leave them alone.
thanks for sharing!
YBS (yellow bellied slider, not YES...lol fast typing. ooops. keep up the great videos.
Are there any good nocturnal fish for turtle tanks? My reeve's turtle grew up with platys from the day I got him as a hatchling. When he was around 3 years old I noticed the fish were going missing. I thought they were dying and being eaten but very late one night I saw he was hunting the fish at night when they are resting and the lights are off. He is 5 yrs now and I have tried guppy, siamese algae eater, and even goldfish, but all get eaten at night eventually. During the day he doesn't even try hunting them.
I have a handful of platys for turtle snacks and, the star of my now algae free tank, a Chinese algae eater... thanks for the suggestions!
welcome Sara! Thanks for watching!
So funny to see you grown up now! Been following you for a while now 😂😂👏🏽👏🏽
lol...thanks for watching!
@@TheTurtleGirl thanks for making these videos with Hoku!
My turtle (r.e.s)still has her Gary (golden mystery 🐌I think 🤔) He's about the size of a half dollar now they have been living together since I got her as a hatchling & she barely notices him !
He hides from her but, not always without being seen 😂
So, I would love to introduce fish for the first time .. I need to get some driftwood & some live plants (maybe some guppies or one of the other species on this list) from my local pet store 😄
Thanks for the motivation ! Thanks for the video great job as always🙏🏻
Best of luck!! Love the name Gary lol
I have a full grown Red Eared Slider that I got stuck with & I've been trying to find her some Turtle mates but she eats everything I put in the tank. I started off with Rosey Minnows & she ate them up & of course I tried small Goldfish (which is not healthy for Turtles) but she ate those as well.
I guess I'll try the 1st 3 fish u named & we'll see how that goes.
My Turtle Maci is 10' inches long & 9½' inches wide. She looks like a large dinner plate. I'm hoping she won't get any bigger bc I'm tired of buying new tanks that she keeps out growing.
BTW, I bought the Turtle for my daughter & it was the size of a quarter, but it just kept growing.
When my daughter left for college I had to take it over & I've had it ever since & we're going on over 10 years now.
Had I known what I know now, there's NO way I would've bought that Turtle for her 😤
But now I Love it & she's apart of the family.
I have been keeping turtles with cichlids for more than 10 years and never faced any issue but recently i found tetra and similar species more attractive and pleasing, so am keeping my turtle with them and hope every thing will work accordingly 🤞
Nice! Thanks for sharing
😔
Finally i removed my turtles from tetra tank..nothing worked for me...from my personal experience i believe u can't keep small fishes with turtles, no matter what the tank size is...i kept mine in 125 gallon tank.
Kindly also mention what plants are safe to keep with turtles because I have heard they always dig the substrate so if plants can be added with indian roofed turtle
Blood red parrots are fantastic. My blood red parrot and slider were Besties and would also swim together
About how old is your slider ?
My baby sliders just wanna bask&sleep , only time they swim is when they head back on too bask after falling off the basking platform from being in such a deep sleep🤣
That's neat!!
What about controlling the extra ammonia and nitrates and nitrates that fish bring along. How do you control that.
I added rosy, red minnows to my yellow-bellied slider turtle and in a bout 15 minutes they were food I spent more than fifty dollars for the fish which includes new filter aquatic plants a hiding spot the fish the fish's food more substrate and filter packs.
just how it goes sometimes :(
I got tiger barbs twice and my turtles ate them both times. Lost one large cichlid. I have 4 convict cichlid s and 1 jewel cichlid . the convicts mostly hide. The jewel is pretty aggressive at standing its ground. Lost my one tetra. And i keep gold fish and minnows since they are cheap. Usually its a slaughter after i put line 40 gold fish in but 4 or 5 usually stick it out for a couple weeks. Hope that helps anyone.
would bottom feeders be a good tankmate for red eared sliders?
I asked this today as well on an older video. With my turtles filter it makes him spin around pretty vigorously is that ok? He's still pretty young and I don't want to see him get hurt.
@ 1:50 my painted turtle does the same thing lol he's always trying to swim somewhere and "escape"
You inspire me to start my own UA-cam channel
I need some underwater plants, looks like an underwater paradise ❤
My son got a nano cube 28g is it good for his turtle
Everyone has a different experience but I'll share mine fast fish seemed like a good idea, buttttt the movement during feeding excites my turtle and he actually begins to chase them. Fortunately he hasn't caught any and my solution to this was take my turtle out during feeding time. I have a pink belly btw
Is it save to put coridoras with a smalll juvenile turtle?
Are any of these compatible with red eared sliders?
I use to have danios
they're one of my favs!
What are your thoughts on corydora catfish with turtles?
Are eastern musk turtles good for beginners. I'm a beginner turtle keeper but have been keeping fish for about 5 years so I know about cycling etc
I keep tiger barbs and neon tetras. Aho (my Mississippi map) successfully caught and reluctantly shared two albino tiger barbs. I'm not that sad; the fish were jerks.
Lol ... I agree, fish can be jerks sometimes 😂
Did you only have the two tiger barbs? They do much bigger in larger groups. Seven is about the bare minimum. They'll chase each other around occasionally, but they spend their energy arranging their own pecking order and are more likely to leave other species alone.
You should do top 5 fish for axolotls
Do you put anything in your tank for turtles to hide in? Like lizards have rocks to hide in. My roommate says i should get something like that for my turtles but im scared they would get stuck because of their shell.
Currently, I just added 8 Tiger Barb into my fly river turtle's tank. Some people said, tiger barb is too aggressive to stay with turtle , and may hurt the turtle.
Now, I'm quite worry about my turtle😂 And, I'm observing their activities. But, so far so good 😁
Just, my turtle are stressed to get close to the sinking pellets I throw into the tank, because the tiger barb scramble to eat the sinking pellets, instead of floating pellets 😅
I'm glad its working out! yeah, food competition is another to think about for sure!
@@TheTurtleGirl By the way, what do you think, if put an algae eater into turtle's tank?
Can the next vid be a room tour 🌊💫😭
ooh good idea! maybe in a little bit ;)
@@TheTurtleGirl ok thanks
ahhh i have a question would cory fish be ok? or are they too slow? i have 2.. they’re decently fast and preettty big
a school of cories would be great! I think they would make great turtle tank mates if the turtel doesn't eat them xD otocinclus as well
Tiger barbs are amazing, even baby ones avoid my juvenile turtles with ease 😁
They're pretty sweet! Id love to have a school of them.
Hi, I have a question that is on topic can tetra neon glow be combined with turtles? I ask because I found out that they are genetically modified and if any of them are eaten, do they harm the turtles? I hope you can help me
hmm interesting! I'm actually not sure....I'd do more research...let us know if you find an answer!
An Amazon turtle biotope would be cool put some tetras with a mata mata beautiful (not for the fish some would definitely get eaten, make sure to have plenty of hiding spots the turtle can’t get to) but this would be a huge tank because mata matas get pretty large
yeah mata matas are awesome!
Tiger Barbs 🔥
You know it!!
What do I buy a musk turtle or a map turtle
I have all those fish except the cichlids and I always wonder if I could keep a turtle with them know I know they'll be good
I added 12 tiger barbs and my RES most have eaten them. I’m missing 5 after less than a week of adding them in. My RES is a Juvenile.
Ahhh that's too bad!
How do you feed the fish with the turtles in the tank? Do I remove the turtle or can I feed the fish with the turtle in the tank?
Hello! thank you for the video! what do you think about Labeo frenatus or bicolor? Is an aggressive fish and I think that can live with a turtle..
Are those rainbow sharks/red tail sharks? They could definitely work, but keep in mind that they can grow HUGE so you need to have the space as they continue to grow.
@@TheTurtleGirl yes, they are 🙂
Hi I have a question for anyone that might be able to help me. I have 2 red eared turtles in a 120gallon heated indoor pond. I also have have 1 Blue Gourami fish who has been by himself in a 40gallon aquarium for over a year now. Due to either out living or bc he harassed every fish he has ever been with including other gourami's. My question is would I be able to keep him in with my turtles in the pond to free up the aquarium space for other fish? Anybody's help is greatly appreciated!!
as long as you have a big enough tank, enough hiding spots, plecos can e a good tank mate
Love your videos! I have always wanted to know the age of my turtle but I’m not sure if I count the scutes on her shell in years or months?
honestly don't know if there is a way to tell!
It depends upon the growth rate of the individual turtle as well as other factors. Take an Eastern Painted that hibernates versus one that does not and is active, eating, and therefore growing all year. Then take someone like me who fed one of their turts EVERYTHING. She grew really fast...I think it was the breaded chicken from my pizzas or calzones..it was hard to say no when she looked at me with those eyes that were like yum, yum, yum.
Ok - Thank you :)
I have both of 1and 2 in a seprete tank
Very cool! Tetras and danios are great fish :))
Hey turtle girl I’m wondering where do they sell Diamond back terrapins because I really want one 😄
Would you recommend koi fish with turtles??
I have a rainbow shark and pleco in with my baby yellow belly slider and eastern river cooter and they get along well and if they don’t there’s plenty of hiding spots :>
Can I ask how big your tank is? I have a 40 gallon with a topper and am considering fish tank mates for my rescued red eared and map turtle.
@@keziahfoster8183 that’s definitely big enough for tank mates! My pleco died but I have a crawdad in there now too :)
I don’t recommend crawdads if you have baby turtles because they get around the same size, but crawdads hold up better than ghost shrimp which I had previously and they got eaten. I recommend a fish that’s hearty enough to not get eaten while also not being too aggressive
@@patchiverse6725 alrighty, thank you! Although mine are adult females and not babies. I think I'm going to go with some sort of live bearers
@@keziahfoster8183 get something hearty then that can out swim the turtles
It’ll give the turtles enrichment at the same time
I have angel Fish With my Turtle and A Algae Eater, though Angel Fish are slow but the turtle doesn't bother them much, its just turtle require much room to swim so the fish3d itself stays away from its path.
What turtles would be the best to cohabitate with fish? The diamondback terrapins are really pretty.
I have a 1 year old red eared slider and have tried mollies, tetras, and cichlids and he's eaten or terrorized them all, I only have 2 mollies left and I put them into a 10 gal tank along with small guppies and goldfish. Now I have cheap larger (4 to 5 inch) goldfish and he leaves them alone and they are cheap!
lol it can be tough! decorations and hiding spots help!
Goldfish could be dangerous because they could make your turtle sick. Google says 😶
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 ?
where do you get your tanks
Can you do an update on the chickies? Good vid
ahh maybe in my next meet all my pets ;P
I also keep Catfish
What abt striped raphael catfish
hey love your videos! Also I wondering if it is fine to keep 3 baby turtles (2 females 1 male) in the same tank.
it's always a bit difficult...I say proceed with caution.
Can I put albino catfish? Bottom feeders in there with the turtle?
Will Comet goldfish work.
I prefer not to in case the turtle tries to eat them. plus goldfish can grow surprisingly large!
I put 5 neon tetras in my turtles tank last night. This morning there were only 4.