If the turtle is small I highly doubt it will attack the larger fishes. Second if you provide it with a floating piece of bog wood or something it will probably chill on top of it most of the time. Could work have seen it in a 350 gallon pond or bigger not sure, at a feed shop with some LMB's and BG's they were all happy together minding their own business. Or you could get a soft shell they tend to do ok with fishes.
125g Native tank Updated
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Adding a turtle will turn the whole setup into a turtle tank. It will need a dry basking area with heat lamp and strong UVB lamp. So that either means dropping the water level 1/4 or building a big canopy like I had to do which using the lightest possible wood and sizes is a beast to lift!
Plus all those plants would be gone and you'd have to remove the gravel for rocks bigger than the turtles head or they will eat them and possibly become impacted. Not to mention females lay eggs like chickens; even if there is no male. And they are picky pains in the neck about where they lay. If they don't like what you provide they will retain them possibly to the point of death.
Not trying to be negative, just sayin what I go through all the time. When a normal tank gets a plant, real or fake, it's not too hard to put in and stay. Even with oscars. I have to tornado proof my entire enclosure.
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Plus all those plants would be gone and you'd have to remove the gravel for rocks bigger than the turtles head or they will eat them and possibly become impacted. Not to mention females lay eggs like chickens; even if there is no male. And they are picky pains in the neck about where they lay. If they don't like what you provide they will retain them possibly to the point of death.
Not trying to be negative, just sayin what I go through all the time. When a normal tank gets a plant, real or fake, it's not too hard to put in and stay. Even with oscars. I have to tornado proof my entire enclosure.
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Just read through this thread. Great job on the native tank. I am debating doing the same in my office. 
Do what you want amber its your tank! mightaswell give it a shot with the turtle, worst thing that can happen is that it wont work out but atleast you will know.
i have to say i really like this set up.
that black crappy is really nice.
i like the all native theme...nice tank..
that black crappy is really nice.
i like the all native theme...nice tank..
Do u have to have plants in a native tank? I'm not a big fan of plants ha... And could I have mixed fish? I have a lmb with an arowana , retic stingray, geophagus balzani , chocolate cichlids and 2 angels but I wanted to add a pumpkinseed or green sunfish! Could I?
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