I own a 140 gallon tank i clean every week i own a 9 year old RES water turtle ( 10 inches)and i want to know will it be safe t put a full grown tiger oscar fish in with him who will eat who and what if i put a 8 inch snapping turtle inside to willl the fish eat them or will the snapping turtle
2006-10-07 05:39:02 · 9 answers · asked by Yahoo Usr 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
i own 60 reptiles
2006-10-07 05:40:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
They will both try for the oscar but it is not recommended to put a PET fish with a turtle anyway. Turtles need to have their tank cleaned frequently like you do. But all the changes will stress out the oscar after a while since he will never be truely acclimated to the water in the tank. Sorry. If you dont clean the tank frequently then bacteria may build up in the tank and start putting out high amounts of ammoia which can also kill the oscar. If you love your fish don't do it. Being full grown I imagine he is at least 15 inches long and you have had him for a while. Get a 75 to put him and some others in with him. I wouldn't take chances like that. Sorry dude sounds cool but reality is it won't work.
2006-10-10 17:38:32 · answer #2 · answered by bobby h 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say that the safe bet would be not to put any of them together. While a full grown Oscar is pretty large, I would say generally the turtle will still make an attempt and may succeed in killing the fish. Ditto, with the Snapping Turtle, the snapper would be more likely to succeed the larger it gets. Also, as the the snapper continues to grow, the RES would most likely end up with missing limbs and possibly even get killed.
It's a nice thought, but not worth the risk I would think.
2006-10-07 17:20:43 · answer #3 · answered by nanookadenord 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Snapper trumps. It will eat anything it can grab, or just annoy it.
RES and Oscar will try to kill each other- hurting fins and feet, harassing each other while asleep, etc.
Besides- they all want different things out of life. It is irresponsible to try to force such different creatures into a tank.
2006-10-07 19:56:59 · answer #4 · answered by Madkins007 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the turtle. they are predetors. it will probably eat all the fish in ur tank if let him get hungry enough. i wouldnt mix the 2. especially a snapper
2006-10-07 18:09:56 · answer #5 · answered by inkslinger00743 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont put the other turtle in he will bite hime and the oscar will chomp on the turtles legs
2006-10-07 14:06:11 · answer #6 · answered by josh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some people get away with it but if anything the fish will get the brunt end of it... i dont recomend it but it has been done
2006-10-07 12:56:41 · answer #7 · answered by meaningless endeavor 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no not really the fish might end up dieing
2006-10-09 20:15:50 · answer #8 · answered by babykatdream099 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah i own a reptile
2006-10-07 12:40:44 · answer #9 · answered by samt195 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋