Have any of you guys kept RTCs with turtles before? I want to know if they are a danger to any of each other. I have 6 turts that are 8-12" that I would like to build a pond for (500-600 US Gallons) and keep my RTCs and Pacu with them
So you want to keep a RTC (Red Tailed Catfish)?
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What kind of turtles? 600 gallons would be a growout for an rtc, and for 2 or more, youd need and monster pond like 14x10feet, or something like that.
The 5 turts I plan on putting in the pond is A Yellow Belly Slider, 2 Diamondback Terrapins, And An Ornate Red Ear Slider
I'm not an expert on turtles, that dosnt say much.
Well, theres this guy on youtube, that keeps turtles with hes rtc.
I'll give you a link, maybe that will help you: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCK9qFdsAo-SzhLZA-hHNtEQ
At 600 gallons nitrates and ammonia will be very shaky. I'd suggest more water volume.
That's a Fly River Turtle, they grow to about 2 feet. I have 3 RTCs as of right now they are about 1'6".
3 fullygrown rtcs in 600gallons, thats not gonna be good dude, your gonna need something like 14x14'.
A red tail will outgrow a 225' outgrow as in no room to swim outgrow.