Turtle Compatability?

[Megalatherium]

Hello, Hello! I knew here as your probably guessed, But i have 3 rapidly growing turtles. One Florida Cooter (I believe) and 2 Florida Softshells. There are currently in 25 gallon, and i have a 140 gallon i plan on moving them into until we can contact a zoo, or a some other establishment that could take care of them when they get larger. I am a fish lover, and i was curious about what type of fish, ( i was thinking about something small, that good get away with ease, I would provide hiding areas). *SUPERSMIL

Thank Ya'll

 

[Megalatherium]

Not teeming with life today, i s'pose.

 

[SeaMonkeyMiner]

Well If you want a response from someone who has no experiece with turtles.

Then Id say feeder goldfish or feeder guppies. Why? Well they are going to become one anyways with the turtles in there.

BTW welcome to the tank.

 

[seastaar88]

Not teeming with life today, i s'pose.

lmao, it had only been 10 minutes since you posted!!

Etheostoma keeps a turtle. i can't remember if he keeps fish with it or what.

 

[straitjacket]

Softshells are really keen on hunting for fish while the cooter may be only a bit more cumsy about it.
Fish tankmates would have to be quite a bit larger than the turtles themsleves and even then there's no guarantee than the fish won't eventually turn up with chunks taken out of it.
Either way, in a 25gl tank with 3 growing turtles you're maxed out.

 

[S-kate]

I used to have a red eared slider named Wubu that we would feed baby goldfish to out of our neighbor's pond. One of them he didn't eat and it grew for a few months and we thought they were just going to live together in the tank like that so we named the fish pumpkin. Then suddenly one day pumkin vanished without a trace. I guess he was just biding his time until he had a proper sized meal. I don't think your going to find a fish that wouldn't be an appealing meal to a turtle.