HOW TO KEEP FISH WITH TURTLES (PART 2: MUST-KNOW TIPS)

[@2active4u]

Keep doing vids on turtle’s, they are the most interesting ones and there is not really many youtubers that does it.

[@kj4111]

I would really love to see an update on your aquarium. 2 years ago you encouraged me to add tiger barbs and a blood parrot to my turtle tank and I love it. Thank you for your videos

[@jackanddan]

We have had turtles and fish together forever....great points sir.....that turtle on the gator head hahaha 👍👍👍👍

[@wailalaun7256]

More on this topic please

[@nathanielreichert4638]

Yeah my turtle is pretty good if he is kept well fed. One day i did not feed him and he ate several fish and the jumbo crayfish and a large snail and a good amount of vegetation. He is an animal.

[@timmiller2252]

Loved the vid the taking turtle out every time he went after the fish done the trick for me (tried it before I seen vid but it worked!) they are all happy together now.

[@Pakhicombd]

Very lovely and adorable fish you have... Also your aquarium quit bige enough to make you fish happy.... I realy love them...i want be friend with your fishes, Best wishes for your fishes....... Hop god will give them long live....❤🧡💋💖💝

[@simar1973]

the red eared slider ,is a really good and compatible to keep with fishes .

[@Aqua_Gino]

Tip 4 (feed big pellets) is definitely true. :'-) I'm keeping my musk turtle with swordtails and normally, he isn't too interested in them. At feeding time though, when he knows there is food around but is unable to locate it, he'll start (lowkey) chasing any nearby swordtails instead... He is mostly unsuccessful but did manage to grab one yesterday. Pity, it was a nice fish.

[@ryanleonard4082]

I'm in the process of adding fish to my turtle tank. I have researched this before with no success so I'm extremely happy to see this info! I would like to see your filtration set up. I currently have a canister filter that I really like.

[@deepakmadhukar28]

updates??

[@ryanleonard4082]

@@deepakmadhukar28 I currently running a 75 gallon with fluvial 304 filter. Working great! Stocked with 1 pleco, rainbow fish, tiger barbs, Buenos Aries tetras and a rainbow shark plus the red ear slider. All are happy and healthy!

[@deepakmadhukar28]

@@ryanleonard4082 thanks

[@krisrod1478]

Thank you for doing theses videos about turtles with fish mates, it helps me prepare for joining my turtle with my fish.

[@jordantrujillo293]

I just recently got 6 tiger barbs from the local pet store. Did as your videos, so far so good. 75 gallon, with RES, big pleco. Not sure if I should get more tiger barbs to keep the 6 happy, or if that would be too much bioload with my turtle and pleco. Water parameters seem very good still.

[@The20ones]

great job once again! i have my tank set up just like yours in terms of types of fish Its been working for me so far! the convict cichlids have become more of a problem than the turtle eating the fish.

[@santanaspooks7595]

Love the video great tips I'm trying to integrate fish with my 2 yellow bellied sliders they are currently in a 75 gallon tank with 2 filters one submerged and one over the side would that be sufficient for say 5-6 tiger barb?

[@monicasawyer9015]

Thank you for this information. Great video. !

[@stephanebergeron3640]

Thank you so much

[@andresramirez8513]

Watched your vids and put fish with my turtles been successful so far few were ate but expected it to happen

[@simar1973]

ashley , that is right you have to switch off the lights ,during bed time if you keep turtles with fish ,i suggest you use ,turtle pellets with fish pellets ,when feeding time ,so the turtle will not bite and chase the fishes ,in the aquarium . i learned this from one of our ,aquarium hobbyist friends ,from singapore .the turtle pellets are highly nutritious for the turtles ,and the turtles will have good growth ,also .

[@j4gottenpharoah253]

Great video/videos! Question, what size is your tank? I love the combination of fish youve got and would like to replicate it to some extent but only have a 40 gallon at the moment. The turtle is still a hatchling, about 3 inches. Should i wait til i get a bigger aquarium?

[@SGBeardedAquarist]

Thank you. The tanknin this video is 50 gallons. Same length and width as a 40, just taller. However my turtle has since grown to about a 10-12 inches and I've upgraded to a 300 gallon custom aquarium!

[@SGBeardedAquarist]

You could add the fish now, just don't not too many and not big ones. Then you can change the stocking along the way as you upgrade your tank. Would be good to bear in mind that your turtle will continue to grow in the intermediate tanks until it reaches full size so good to have some room to grow so the tank doesn't get too small too fast with the additional fish on there!

[@nathanielreichert4638]

Man I could talk to you about this for hours. I love my two turtles but don’t have as much of an attachment to the fish, (and it’s fun to watch the turtles hunt them) but have been just using trial and error and came up to some of the conclusions you have come to when keeping these animals together.

[@nathanielreichert4638]

Namely, giving the fish some good hiding spots and adding them to the tank at strategic times, either when the turtle has a full belly or when the turtle is out of the tank.

[@guilhermesousa227]

thanks man! keep up with this specific content!

[@kora2ross]

Nice video.. ive got my turtle in with 2" African cichlids. He doesn't and has never chased my fish ..possibly 10yrs of not feeded live food has help

[@sharper4495]

Very helpful and useful information. Keep up the Good work! I have two juvenile red eared slider turtles and I plan to introduce them into my dads koi pond. The koi pond is pretty big with about 50 fishes living there and still lots of space. I plan to take the turtles out before night back into their tank. Does anyone think I would be successful for the turtles not to bite the fishes living there?

[@FSRain]

this video is good! I came upon your videos on fish + turtle in same tank because I am exploring the options of adding fish to my turtles' tanks. I need to resolve midges breeding issues. midges appears to have taken a liking to my turtles' tank and I have already introduced 1 sucker fish each to the two tanks that I have in my balcony area (my turtles' cove). I dun intend for the fishes to be my turtles' food source, but I really need larvae-eating fishes to discourage/control the midges' breeding activities. the previous video does provide great tips, along with this, I think I know what fishes to get for my turtles tank. their tanks aren't for aesthetics, just plain blue and black plastic tanks as its purpose is for my turtles to have a choice to swim in, poop in, be fed their pellets in, chill and relax in, which is in addition to dry areas in the balcony where we placed shades and hiding spots for them to sleep in. will keep you posted and perhaps you could share with your viewers who are facing similar issues or having similar objectives as mine to keep fishes in turtles' tank

[@glookies7296]

I set up my 36 gallon tank and I currently have 5 tigerbarbs and I plan on getting 6 more in a week or so do you think I would have the space to keep convicts in there if so how many should I add

[@jojulida3709]

Thank you so much for this information. Really informative

[@andylim7540]

The only fish I keep with Two of my turtles are the sucker fish which one of them was left with the head when I return. But I truly learn lots from your video. Anyway what plants can I keep with my turtles? They always end up eating of biting them.

[@muhammad.6769]

How do you grow plants in this aquarium?

[@TRAPSQUAD187]

Ok so at first I kind of didn’t like the Channel but your growing on me I’ll subscribe keep up the good work bud

[@cynisterlife4343]

I just finish watching all 3 videos! These are amazing! I hope to see more future videos for this playlist. I personally want to get a musk turtle (aka stinkpot) with fish but I don't know what's the recommended amount of fish in a 20 gal "long". I'm worried that, even for a 20 gal, that would still be too small. Please help me!

[@SGBeardedAquarist]

I'm not very familiar with musk turtles other than the fact that they max out around inches? And aren't good swimmers. A 20 long sounds just about adequate for the turtle. At most I'll for a school of 6 of a small and relatively active tetra species.

[@cynisterlife4343]

@@SGBeardedAquarist Yes, I've read that musk turtles can get up to 4 - 5 inches when they mature. Thank you for your reply and recommendation of the fish and amount of fish. This will steer me to the right direction. Thank you!

[@louieandlotv]

Where can I find a tank like yours

[@zzfishystick]

Would you start the fish young so it Instills the memory of the turtle in them? I have some young cichlids that I’m going to put with my turtle. She use to live with gold fish for a year and only ever ate one of them so I’m a little nervous.

[@onlywei]

What cleanup crew creatures can be kept in a tank with turtles and tiger barbs? My turtles don't attack the mystery snails I've tried because they're too big, but the tiger barbs never stop harassing them.

[@adamtranter8752]

Hi I have a female yellow belly slider 10 years old so she's about 10/12 inches will she be ok with fish so you think? She has a tendancy to wreck most things in the tank

[@manansala2oh1]

Love these vids

[@landofdragons4055]

What kind of turtles do you recommend?

[@melvinajones393]

Thank you so much for the video. I do not own a fish tank or turtle but i want to. Can you tell me is it fresh water or salt? How often do you have to clean a tank that has fish and turtle? How big should the tank be if my plans are to eventually have both fish and a turtle together? Thank you

[@Patricia-kz6dv]

Loving your videos! So I have 3 painted turtles (3 inches) in a 220g tank. I added 6 Tiger barbs and 3 clown loaches after they didn’t eat any feeder guppies. The barbs are doing great and the turtles have given up trying to catch them but they got 2 of my 2” loaches 😔 the remaining one is schooling with the barbs and seems to be more aware. My question is, will I have more luck if I put in 3 7” clown loaches at the same time? 🤞 Thanks so much for all of your great videos!!!

[@taylorearley7030]

I have watched your top 5 fish video along with your video about how to keep fish with turtles. I have 2 painted turtles (1 month old) and i'd like to know if I can apply all of this information to them or if I should alter it in any way due to their age?

[@Patricia-kz6dv]

I have 3 painted turtles all 5 months old and just added 6 tiger barbs and 3 clown loaches. 2 of the clown loaches didn’t make it past 1 night 😔 but the remaining one is schooling with the barbs and doing great at avoiding my turtles so far. I recently put them in a 220g tank or would have introduced fish earlier. At 1 month is a great time I think. I doubt they’ll be able to catch them! Good luck. They look beautiful together!

[@taylorearley7030]

@@Patricia-kz6dv I did a whole revamp of my 30 gallon long boi tank a few days ago and added a few more plants. Set up 2 territories on opposite sides of the tank then added 5 tiger barbs, 1 pretty small cichlid, a blood parrot, and a small ish tangerine lobster and everything seems to be doing well so far. My turtles have only managed to eat my 2 tiny Catfish and whatever guppies were in there but that was expected

[@Patricia-kz6dv]

@taylor no way?! That’s amazing! Fingers crossed for good survival rate!!! I’ve been totally obsessed with adding fish 🤦🏻‍♀️🥴 and have just bought 3 7” clown loaches hoping they’re too big to mess with 🤞 also adding 3 gourami and a few more tiger barbs. If they all survive I’ll be happy with a complete tank. If not, I think I may get another big tank just for fish. Had no idea they were so lovely before! Now I watch my tank like a hawk trying to protect my single clown loach who loves his new hiding cave but rarely uses it to hide, just explore 🤦🏻‍♀️ my turtles are pretty chilled tho. One set up camp outside, fell asleep and missed the clown loach coming out 🤣

[@JatinChadha7]

Hi... I have 6 Red Parrots, 3 Oscars, 2 Mono, 3 Silver Shark, 2 Black Ghosts & 1 Sucker ---- avg. size 4 inches.... tank size 5x3x3 fts --- can I still keep turtles with them ?

[@zachgibbens1922]

New to the channel much respect Thanks for the info would like to know tho if these tiger barbs and blood parrots are toxic to the turtle if the turtle was to get hold of them one day Seeing a lot about tropical fish being toxic for turtles that’s why things like guppies mollys plattties etc etc are recommended not these types ?

[@SGBeardedAquarist]

Nope they are not. No fish is toxic to turtles unless they are already toxic in general. The only thing is some fish have thiaminase, which can inhibit the absorption of thiamine, which is an impt nutrient. But it is not toxic.. and nutrient deficiency is a chronic thing. That's why fish like goldfish are cautioned against as feeder fish (where the intention is to feed continually over a long period of time and in sizable amounts). Keeping any of such fish (not sure if tiger barbs and BPs are considered) as tank mates and the turtle managing to get hold of them wont cause any ill effects because it's not consistent feeding in sizable amounts over a prolonged duration. Hope this helps.

[@zachgibbens1922]

Thank you for the quick reply. That is excellent news as I love what you have done with your tank and I plan to do something similar with my eastern painted turtles 6ft tank and just wanted to make sure before I went ahead and brought some tiger barb from my local maiden head as didn’t want to harm my turtle (my baby) well one of my turtles as I may do something similar for my musk aswell as he defo wouldn’t catch anyone lol. Thanks so much anyway Keep up the good work matey. Happy 🐠 and 🐢 keeping 👍👌🙏

[@zachgibbens1922]

What type of water treatment are you using for the tank aswell by the way ?

[@RocioPerez-hq8lx]

What do you do to keep amonia in your tank low?

[@falconmann007]

Great video, keep up with the turtle fish content. I'm in the process of starting a tank. 55 gallon, my tap water is from a well and is pretty hard so I'm going to stock it with fish that like hard water. I'm going for an African Cichlid,tiger bars, and clown loaches. I'm intending to add a texas map turtle at some point. Any other recommendations for hard water fish?

[@snoopysrc]

SG Bearded Aquarist you got a new sub

[@nathanielreichert4638]

Ok next video talk about how to keep your turtle from eating all the vegetation. Mine eats moss, pothos, lilies, and other things

[@skye9721]

I have a tank with a few fish and I really want a turtle to put in it!! Do you think a painted turtle would get along with some angelfish there pretty big?

[@SGBeardedAquarist]

Angelfish are one of the toughest fish to work out with turtles. I've seen it done before but it's the exception. Your turtle must really have 0 interest in fish.

[@sankalpanakarmi]

its not a good idea to keep any fish with long tails and fins with a turtle. my turtle killed and ate a milky carp that was 3times the size of the turtle. better to keep fast moving fish or fish without long fins and tails

[@ibin4581]

Sir, please said what is you're Aquarium size ( length, breadth and hight )

[@khoozichen9255]

hello whatsup btw nice video

[@SGBeardedAquarist]

Thanks

[@johnsilver9055]

Irrelevant questions, can my flowerhorn live in a 16×23×48 aquarium? Thanks in advanced.

[@MT88_YouTube]

Great video on keeping turtles and fish! I once tried keeping a pleco (same size as turtle), it went well for months but suddenly one day the turtle decided to eat it.

[@SGBeardedAquarist]

Seems like its quite common for the "sudden" death to happen. My longest lasting fish with the turtle is a clown loach that has been in there since I started the tan (2 years)

[@ImNotLostButWhereAmI]

I’ve got a pleco with my two turtles that has been in there for 3+ years. The pleco was smaller than the turtle for the first two years but now is bigger and the turtles don’t dare mess with him. Sometimes they’ll accidentally kick the pleco in the face and the pleco will back up and ram the turtle at full speed several times in response. It’s pretty funny as he doesn’t hurt them but they tumble in slow motion thru the water. Several months ago I added 5 African cichlids and they’ve all been perfect with each other. Cichlids seem to be behaving well with each other too as they know they can’t really be the alpha of the tank.

[@damianhardman5331]

Should you put fish in the tank first then add a turtle or the other way around?

[@realangiechrist]

I wonder if there are any turtles that are less apt to go hunting? I just got a 30 gallon tank from Craigslist that was used for a turtle, so lots of free turtle equipment. I've got swordtails and guppies. Would love to have a turtle!

[@SGBeardedAquarist]

Mud/musk turtles are a great option. They are not as good as swimmers as the RES so they cant rly hunt fish (and need shallower tanks). They stay much as well.

[@gladboy7722]

Nice...👍👍👍🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹...

How many gallons is that tank?

[@abhi2011674]

Since last few days my turtles has started chasing and also tries to bite cichlid fishes in my tank, how can I prevent this ? My turtles are 3 inches in size. Kindly suggest.

[@matin7974]

Does your turtle nip at your plants??

[@joaocorreia792]

Keeping fish with turtles I'm fine, it's plants I've been having trouble with. I see you have some lovely java ferns with your turtles, how do you manage? If they don't eat my ferns, they just shred them to bits. How do you manage? Great videos btw.

[@SGBeardedAquarist]

By shred them to bits you mean they bite them or destroy it by just swimming around?

[@joaocorreia792]

@@SGBeardedAquarist Well, a bit of both I guess. If I put anubias they'l eat it all down to the ryzome. With java ferns they don't seem to like them as much, but just ruin them regardless by ripping them out of the rocks or trunk that I place them/glue them on to. Everyday there's a new java leaf floating around in the tank, thanks to them😁

[@adolphsanmiguel348]

Jus lost 40$ worth of fish cause I did exactly what u said not to do now I I know thank you

[@rajveersinghbabra3134]

Dude pls I want you to talk about sudden deat thing where turtles and fish are living together for years and then suddenly turtle decides to eat the fish Even a small video will help alot 🙏

[@Ninja_Haze-805]

I have multiple fish with 2 map turtle in 75gallon... My fish are flashing and need medicine... But I'm worried if it will hurt my turtle if I add fish medicine

[@ddt444]

Are those real plants with the turtle? If yes how do you avoid him from eating them?

[@jojocat2653]

But when i turn my lights off i never turn them back on until the next day

[@TankMansFishes00]

Bro i kept tigers barbs with turtle as you told in the other video of turtle tankmates and I almost used every methods that you in this video earlier but none of them survived even one day in my turtle aquarium

[@SGBeardedAquarist]

What size turtle, what size tank, when do they get eaten, what size did you get your turtle at (and has it been trained to eat live fish before?)

[@TankMansFishes00]

I have 40 gallon tank with 4-5inches res turtle and a gaint gourami. (He is a baby and he cannot the tiger barbs). They got eaten usually at evening. I got him at 1-2 inch.

[@TankMansFishes00]

Forgot to say i never trained him to eat fish he just eat the tiger barbs but he ate guppies before when i first bought him

What happened? No more videos?

[@henk4700]

Pleasy you did'nt upload for a while but just upload this stuff again, many youtubers say it is not posible but you think, so you think it might be posible

[@sciencekids6426]

What the reason for it is that if you leave the E fish in the night time, your turtle will be sleeping and would not know there is a new one in the tank ( The turtle is not active) Howerever, the fish is to stressed to sleep. It. Just explores and gets to know the map and the hiding spots in the tank. If the turtle chases it in the morning it is going to escape easily from the it!!!

[@jmunky2001]

What happen to ya Flowerhorn?

[@yongsuanlin6255]

Is not easy for me my turtle ate my angle fishes and bites my parrot 9 . Thank you for sharing.

[@sankalpanakarmi]

it's not a good idea to keep fish with long fins and tail with a turtle

[@kishor5389]

ight imma go fishing in jurong lake garden and get me self a new turtle XD

[@SGBeardedAquarist]

With the overpopulation of such an invasive species, I don't think anyone would mind that haha

[@khoozichen9255]

oh yeah by the way how many gallons is your tank

[@SGBeardedAquarist]

50 gallons

[@khoozichen9255]

@@SGBeardedAquarist really oh yeah i have a small pond that is 55 gallons perfecto tq

[@SGBeardedAquarist]

Just a word of caution, it wont hold the turtle for life especially if it's a female. Itll outgrow the tank. I need to upgrade soon.

[@khoozichen9255]

@@SGBeardedAquarist but if i put a flowerhorn in do you think when it reaches max size it will outgrow the tank

[@khoozichen9255]

@@SGBeardedAquarist my ones a small male about 6 to 7 inches but will it hold the flowerhorn for life??

[@TRAPSQUAD187]

Hey bud you were posting so much more before is everything ohkay?

[@flawlesscreation5642]

Lol I followed none of your steps i was like let's see who survives lucky me it worked

[@HARRY010390]

My experience with turtle is never n ever trust a turtle...kept my months old turtle along with a dozen of gold fish (for about 8months there was no issues ) I was out of home for 2days but my family is there to feed him ,when I come back he was chasing the last left goldfish,It's fines are half gone...

[@SGBeardedAquarist]

I agree. Whenever you keep a fish with a turtle, you must always be prepared to lose it.