| Lot of people thinks about putting a fish | | | | environment specially setup for the turtle. |
| together with their turtles in the same water | | | | By using this method you won't have any |
| tank. The problem is if you put the turtle in | | | | turtle care problems. So make a correct |
| a fish tank or if you put a fish in a turtle | | | | turtle tank setup and then and the fish. The |
| tank. | | | | turtles will eat the fish, but if you add at |
| | | | least 20 fishes they will probably survive |
| If you put a turtle in the fish tank some | | | | for an year. |
| turtle care problems might appear: | | | | |
| | | | There are some advantages for having some |
| - First of all a fish tank usually doesn't | | | | fishes in the turtle tank: |
| have a land are which is vital for the | | | | |
| turtle. | | | | - You'll never have to feed the fish. The |
| | | | usually eat left-over food so it won't be |
| - Fishes are tiny little pets that usually | | | | expensive to keep them. |
| don't need a very high water level. But the | | | | |
| turtles are bigger and have to swim easily. | | | | - You can consider the fish in your turtle |
| So the water level in a fish tank could be to | | | | tank as some kind of water quality monitor. |
| low for a turtle. | | | | You can think that, if the fishes are healthy |
| | | | than the water in the turtle tank is quite |
| - In the fish tank the filtration is usually | | | | acceptable. |
| inappropriate for a turtle so the water could | | | | |
| get dirty very fast. | | | | - The fish in the turtle tank can become a |
| | | | good emergency food for your turtles. |
| - If you put a turtle in a fish tank | | | | |
| eventually he turtle will eat the fish. | | | | - Most captive water turtles don't swim |
| | | | enough and don't get enough exercise. But |
| - It's good for fishes to provide them with | | | | with the fish in the tank they won't get |
| plenty of plants so they can swim around the | | | | bored anymore. |
| or hide. But the turtles will surely eat all | | | | |
| the plants in the tank. | | | | So it's not such a bad idea to keep a fish |
| | | | together with a turtle in a turtle water |
| The best way to keep fishes and turtles | | | | tank. |
| together is introducing the fishes in an | | | | |