is it safe to feed a baby red ear slider tubifex worms ?

Question

i have a baby RES and a betta too. i heard you can feed a betta tubifex as a treat but i want to know if a RES can eat them too, so that i can have 2 reasons to buy them

Answer 1

Yes, you can feed them the tubifex worms. They are also very high in protein. Put in very little at a time so the RES will snorkel around hunting them down. You will see him devouring them with relish.
Making him work a bit to pick the worms up a little at a time is also good exercise and very exciting for the RES.
Don't forget to supplement his diet with a good wafer and vegetables. And don't feed them too often because he may refuse to eat anything else and suffer from problems related to nutritional deficiency in the future.

Answer 2

is that ALL you feed the turtle? Because that is definatly not a variety! Did you know that their supplies cost hundreds and hundreds of dollars more than the turtle itself!!!!!!Well just taking care of turtles is extremely difficult for a LOT of people because they are VERY high maintenence, no joke. this is a RES setup.they are very high maintenence and hard to take care of.first read all of this and see if you have this setup, it costs at least $300, and is a regular setup. ************ This is a setup for a red eared slider the most common type of turtle, they get up to 12 inches, but you will see them as babies at a store commonly, so know that they will grow very big************** You will need to get a 50 gallon starter tank and upgrade to a 75 gallon later on when your turtle is over 6 inches...If you can not get that big of a tank right now then for now you can use a huge rubbermaid container filled up with clean warm water 5/6 of the way. The water should be 75-82F, that can be achieved by buying a water heater at the petstore, along with a water filter. Water filters that are best are canister filters, like the Rena xp3 filter which costs $200, but filters very well. Do buy a filter please, even a cheap one at $25, is better then none at all, since turtles are extremely messy and poop-ful (haha). The bottom of the tank should be bare, no gravel because they could choke on that mistaking it for food. On top of the water you need 3 things, 1. a basking dock ( buy a large size zoomed basking dock). 2. you 100% need to buy a basking lamp+bulb, you buy them separatly, then screw the bulb in ( 50 watts) and shine it on the basking dock over a mesh hood( cut a hole out of it and place the light there!). 3. This is very important, you need a uvb light. It is a long thin light, you need to get the actual lamp+ the long skinny bulb. Reptosun 5.0 is the best bulb( together costs $55). Shine that onto the basking dock as well. Turtles need these together because they use the uva for heat, so they stay warm ( the basking site should be 90-95F, not colder) and they need the uvb rays to metabolize calcium and vitamin d3 for a stronger shell ( like you need it for your bones!) The diet for the turtle should be reptomin pellets ( and other nutricuos pellets!) crickets, mealworms, bloodworms, shrimp, and krill. All of this is found dead at the petstore!;) They also need vegetation, get kale, mustard greens, romaine lettuce, and collard greens. Drop all of the food in the tank once a day, and remove any leftover bits after a few hours. By the way ALL of the protien food ( dead food, that was alive once) should be dusted with a calcium supplement ( powder) and you need to get a cuttlebone found in the bird aisle of the petstore and drop it in the water for him to knaw on, keep it there for a while (month) until she eats all of it, then get another. Once all of these things are done your turtle will be pretty happy!

Answer 3

Yes, its fine. You should not feed them to anything all the time tho, because they are high in fat, they are great for treats tho. Are you buying frozen or live? it does not really matter

Answer 4

Yep its all good just make sure you feed it as a treat and not a daily food source.

Answer 5

Besides being high in fat, Tubiflex can also have contaminants from their original habitat.

Fine snack, however.

PLEASE tell me that the two are in different tanks!

Answer 6

Make great treat but is messy lol

Answer 7

good choice of food and yes its safe