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Jdude101
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Location: Georgia
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I know you can get brine shrimp and so forth, but can you put small live shrimp in your aquarium with a grown turtle to eat? I know you can put crayfish, but i feel shrimp can be eaten and help clean  just wondering if they'll eat then, and if they'd be beneficial |
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Squirtle999
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Joined: 02 Aug 2007
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Location: My room-Asuncion-Paraguay-South America-Earth
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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| I´ve being thinking about that.But I think they wouldnt eat them. |
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Jdude101
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Location: Georgia
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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| you'd be surprised, im sure if it was small enough they'd eat it. I am worried for my catfish, lol but the feeder fish might hold em off |
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I-LOVE-TURTLES
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Joined: 22 Apr 2007
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Location: My House
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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I have little Ghost Shrimp and they are not even 2 inches long, Tiny and Tim just ignore them! Thay clean the tank fairly well, but you have to get a lot of them, because if my turtles get sight of them when i don't feed them, well let's just say things get a little messy  LOL!
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toxiceagle2007
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Joined: 24 Jan 2005
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Location: Ashland Unversity Ashland, Ohio
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| Posted: Wed Sep 05, 2007 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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I bought small shrimp. They were eaten within a matter of minutes
As for tank cleaning, when I has a smaller tank, I purchased a few apple snails to help keep thinks clean. They worked for a few weeks until the turtles figured out how to eat them.
I've also heard that trapdoor snails are good because they give live birth and the turtles like to munch on the babies!
I hope this helped!
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Jdude101
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Location: Georgia
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| Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2007 6:16 am Post subject: |
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| cool thx guys! now with snails i remeber them climbing out of the water, and filter tubes prevent me from closing my screen all the way and there is about 8 inches to the top, would the snails run away? |
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Jdude101
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| Posted: Sat Oct 20, 2007 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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| i got some shrimp and snails today. one shrimp has a bunch of eggs...so i probably will get more of them. And some snails. the turtles are curious but they are chasing the new fish...dunno why they didnt chase the old ones.. |
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ryanandsuzyro
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| Posted: Sun Oct 21, 2007 11:35 am Post subject: |
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| Jdude101 wrote: | | i got some shrimp and snails today. one shrimp has a bunch of eggs...so i probably will get more of them. And some snails. the turtles are curious but they are chasing the new fish...dunno why they didnt chase the old ones.. |
My Tucker does the same thing. He has three fish that have been in the tank for almost a year here. I dump in new fish, he goes on a rampage, but ignores the old guys. They're bigger obviously but even when they weren't. I wonder why this is.
My one friend had a similar thing happen. Until one day when his turtle killed every living thing in the tank, even after having fish friends for a year or more. =)
If it's in the tank and alive, it's potential feud! Whooo! |
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