Would a Pufferfish kill a Turtle ?

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Oscar123

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Just a random question, was just wondering would a green spotted puffer or fhaka, or other freshwater puffers kill a turtle? (I.e. red ear slider, musk turtle, etc) you know cause they eat snails and crabs (which are in shells)
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Just answered in the other thread haha.
Yes, it will rip at the legs every opportunity it has.
 
Oscar123 said:
Just a random question, was just wondering would a green spotted puffer or fhaka, or other freshwater puffers kill a turtle? (I.e. red ear slider, musk turtle, etc) you know cause they eat snails and crabs (which are in shells)
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I have owned both fahaka & red ear slider. Both can be vicious. Bad idea. Both fahaka & red ear sliders have POWERFUL jaws. Whatever they bite into, they will destroy. Put the two together = disaster. Put in a 7" red ear slider once with a 15" cichlid. In 10 minutes the red ear slider made MAJOR damage to the fish. I felt bad but was a dumb move on my end. Red ear sliders are much faster than you think. Can have fast bursts of speed when they want to. And fahaka, in general will not allow any tank mates at some point -- very aggressive for the most part.
 
framcosco said:
I have owned both fahaka & red ear slider. Both can be vicious. Bad idea. Both fahaka & red ear sliders have POWERFUL jaws. Whatever they bite into, they will destroy. Put the two together = disaster. Put in a 7" red ear slider once with a 15" cichlid. In 10 minutes the red ear slider made MAJOR damage to the fish. I felt bad but was a dumb move on my end. Red ear sliders are much faster than you think. Can have fast bursts of speed when they want to. And fahaka, in general will not allow any tank mates at some point -- very aggressive for the most part.
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WOW, very unpleasant :S....


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