Other Turtle Discussion :: would ghost shrimp hurt my turtles?

[portsporting06]

would ghost shrimp hurt my baby res turtles? my turtles are 1inch

[Linus]

Hmmm...I doubt it, but there is always the chance. They usually won't catch anything at that size.

[Sora]

I can't remember how big ghost shrimp get, but I wouldn't give them to a 1inch RES. If they're like Krill, then you should probably wait until he/she is atleast 2- 2 1/2 inches big. I started giving mine live food when she was 5inches(Krill and tried a few guppies). That's probably late, but I didn't have her until she was about 5". If your baby isn't catching/eating them or their making him/her uncomfortable, I say take them out or put them in a seperate tank/enclosure.
Hope this helped

[portsporting06]

i jsut got them -_-. and i also got a cat fish 2 eat the poop. since my turtle doesnt eat fish.

[VeipaCray]

catfish don't eat poop.

[happycamper]

i jsut got them -_-. and i also got a cat fish 2 eat the poop. since my turtle doesnt eat fish.

Just because they haven't, doesn't mean they wont!

[portsporting06]

well yesterday i bought a fish and petsmart said he gave me a catfish and it looks like it. i had alot of poop on the sand in my tank and 2 day there isnt none

[Linus]

It's probably just under the sand. As stated above, they don't eat poop.

[portsporting06]

cory catfist does. i look it up

[VeipaCray]

I did. They don't eat poop. They are bottom feeders and scavengers but they do not eat fish waste.

[happycamper]

Cory cats will help with food that falls to the bottom, but they definitely don't eat poop. I have 3 of then in my tank, entertaining to watch, but there its no magical way to get rid of turtle poo.

[VeipaCray]

There is a magical way to get rid of turtle poo. A really good filter.

[happycamper]

I remember when I finally upgraded to my fluval 405, it actually did seem pretty magical!

[VeipaCray]

Amazing what a difference a good filter makes, no?

[Herp Lover]

Ya, fish don't eat poo. The on't thing that I have ever had eat poo in one of my fish tanks was some Ghost Shrimp. The corys probably just buried it or something.