Is there a turtle that would be safe with our large fish?

Question

We have a goldfish and a shebunkin that are approx. 6 years old. They have outgrown their tank (they are approx. 8-9 inches long from nose to tip of tail) and now I'm planning to move them to a 55 gallon tank. I would like to set up the tank to have a basking area for a small turtle or two. The fish are not very nice and have killed anything I have ever put in their tank, including other large goldfish and two large pleco's, so now I'm thinking "turtle". Is there a water turtle that is an herbivore, or any species that would be safe with larger fish like ours, or should I scrap the turtle idea altogether? We have successfully kept aquariums (cichlids) and terrariums (turtles and lizards) for years so we are up to the challenge, I think. We just know very little about water turtles.

I'm not worried about the fish picking on the turtle, I just don't want my fish to wind up turtle food! :)

Answer 1

Florida red bellied cooters and mississippi or false map turtles WILL NOT eat your fish. I have kept these over the years and they just cannot catch fish for the life of them. These species of turtles are easily acquired. I have kept my shubunkin, koi and common goldfish without harm. They may chase it, but they won't catch it.

Answer 2

Well for starters i have many different tanks that have different animals like (fish,turtles,alligator) but i have never heard if goldfish being aggressive. When i first gotten my turtles they told me that soom when they start getting bigger they would eat fish in other words that would there eating habitats. And i don't think thats it's a good idea. Go to a pet store and they should be able to tell you something.

Answer 3

no... and soft shelled turtles are hardly herbivorous. they are agressive fish eaters. all turtles are really... except for tortoises and some box turtles that don't live near water. theoretically a little baby slider or other very small aquatic turtle would not be a threat or be threatened by big koi like fish. at least until it gets larger.... turtles eat fish, period.

Answer 4

Let it be known that anything you put in with your turtle will become turtle food or will be beaten badly to the point of death. My turtle has only let four fish live out of the 9 that I have bought him..he ate one and beat the other three to death...so do not put them in with the turtle. It is too risky.

Answer 5

I wouldn't put any kind of turtle with your fish, especially a slider. A slider WILL attack your fish no matter the size. You would probably be best just leaving the 2 fish together with nothing else.

Answer 6

I think that I would not trust a turtle not to nibble on your fish. I don't know of a vegetarian water turtle.

Answer 7

A soft-shell turtle should be all right, they eat plants and shouldn't be aggressive with the fish at all.

Answer 8

the turtle win look after itself, worry about the fish

Answer 9

you wound have the ability to set him back into the wild, he's used to getting nutrition surpassed to him and not in any respect might want to seek, if the pond is on ur resources and isnt too huge you're able to nonetheless feed him the recomended quantity he eats, yet thats on condition that you'll.

Answer 10

try a pond or a box turtle