Im thinking of adding a Florida shoft shell turtle to my tank. Its a 75G grow out for a silver Arowana, BGK, CKF, Royal pleco, gold nugget pleco, 3x Clown loachs would this work.......Thanks
You're going to be missing chunks out of you're fish, brother. IMO, bad idea.....Softshell and Snappers do the same thing to fish.....bite them in half and swallow them.Im thinking of adding a Florida shoft shell turtle to my tank. Its a 75G grow out for a silver Arowana, BGK, CKF, Royal pleco, gold nugget pleco, 3x Clown loachs would this work.......Thanks
I was shocked when I saw St. Augustine Alligator Farm had a huge Alligator Snapper in their sub-adult Alligator enclosure and the Gators weren't missing LIMBS.View attachment 1164471
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i keep a 16-18" apalone ferox in a 1,000 gal pool with 24"-30" fish .... risky buisness tho, i wouldnt be surprised if i found even a 24-30" fish being consumed by the turtle one day. Turtles do not belong in "fish tanks". you need to provide a proper land portion, adequate lighting and suit the turtles needs aswell as the fish to make it work. Even a well fed turtle is liable 2 snap. The fish list u have sounds like turtle snacks to me ...
I was shocked when I saw St. Augustine Alligator Farm had a huge Alligator Snapper in their sub-adult Alligator enclosure and the Gators weren't missing LIMBS.
Fish don't stand a chance, IDC how armored they are.....Snappers and Softshells have taken human limbs and fingers. The jaw strength is tremendous and can cut through other turtles shells as well.
Even worse still, Knifefish will just be a big slow-moving target. You be lucky if Mbuna could survive, much less bigger slower fish until you get up into Paraiba and Wels and giants.....but still Paraiba and Wels that will be missing chunks of flesh nonetheless.No problem. Although I am not an expert so you should probably get some opinions from a few other people as well. Anyone?
Also, I assume the knife fish will be fine. And make sure you have large loaches too, clown loaches can actually get very large to where they will not be eaten.