I didn't mean to discourage you. I enjoy my three turtles: one red
slider, one painted, one mud. If I had a 55 gallon tank instead of my
120, then I would still get the mud and a couple other small ones. They
can't catch any fish in my tank. I'm not worried about salmonella and
the tank does just fine on my once per three week 30% cleaning. I have
the newts and african frogs in a different tank, but it's the turtles
that I really enjoy most. I also have two freshwater tanks without
herps plus a sal****er tank. The turtles plus Convict plus Danios plus
other fish are are my favorites. They don't eat the guppies.
Reconsider getting turtles.

rtk
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Daniel Morrow wrote:
Thanks for the information guys - are red bellied fire newts tropical
(i.e. what temperature do they need and what is their range?)? I must
say I am very disappointed about my slim pickings options I have for
turtles according to you guys. I'm not saying any of you are wrong but
man - turtle size, salmonella, turtle waste products.... I just wanted
to have three turtles in my 55 gallon tank and someone special to me
was looking forward to them. I wouldn't have minded it if the turtles
munched on the fish some though. Oh well, better I find out this way
for sure so I give all of you a genuine thanks and will check out
rec.pets.herp . Later and please let me know about them newts - ok?
Thanks.