Turtle and Fish Pics!

[Vicious_Fish]

Thought I'd share some pics of my one juvenile Kinosternon scorpioides cruentatum (Red Cheeked Mud Turtle). I'm trying out an Exo Terra Turtle Tank. It's a nice design but the tank is pretty small and I would only consider them as a grow out tank for some of the smaller turtle species. The footprint of the tank isn't bad at 18"x24". This turtle only has a SCL of 2.25" so I'll keep him/her in here until it gets a tad larger. Currently I also have a school of 9 Ember Tetras along with a female BNP that I got from Msjinkd (thanks again!) who are all doing great together. I also have a female Convict Cichlid who follows the turtle around like a little guard dog. It's funny to watch them interact!

 

[Rbishop]

Cute!

 

[Vicious_Fish]

The turtle and Convict....BFF to the end!

 

[Neatfish]

Maybe it's trying to eat it?

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Maybe it's trying to eat it?

???

 

[Neatfish]

turtles don't eat fish?

 

[Vicious_Fish]

turtles don't eat fish?

Not this type but they will eat dead fish. Now if I had snails or shrimp in this tank they'd all be goners. For the most part the turtle ignores the fish like it isn't even there. The fish even plucks food from the turtles mouth.

 

[BioHazard]

Very nice!

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Thanks Anna!

 

[glasman]

All of my turtles including my common snapper and soft shell ignore fish as well. They will eat dead ones too but could care less if any fish, big or small, wanna hang out right in front of their mouths.