Red earred slider in a koi pond

Wow, I must have an angel of a turtle. Do you have first hand knowledge of
this?

Joe

On 4/28/04 6:32 PM, "AZKalEl" wrote:

I wouldn't do it. Turtles eat everything! They tear up your plants
and do eat fish if the can catch one. Mostly lazy, if food is
plentiful they won't eat the fish but they're not shy about nipping at
them. At the least your koi will have shredded fins and bruises, but
if the opportunity arrises, Shushi is served.



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Wow!!! I was unsure before, but now am completely confused.....Joe you sound
like you love your turtle, I would love to have one too, just a little weary
about the obvious I guess, I would hate to take it and it not fit in....then
have to get rid of it....not very good at that...Love animals and think my
pond would be a good home as long as it plays well with others...Jim and
azkalel are you speaking from experience or heresay.....Thanks for the
feedback, all opinions welcome......Claude



"joe" wrote in message
...
Wow, I must have an angel of a turtle. Do you have first hand knowledge of
this?

Joe

On 4/28/04 6:32 PM, "AZKalEl" wrote:

I wouldn't do it. Turtles eat everything! They tear up your plants
and do eat fish if the can catch one. Mostly lazy, if food is
plentiful they won't eat the fish but they're not shy about nipping at
them. At the least your koi will have shredded fins and bruises, but
if the opportunity arrises, Shushi is served.



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Wow!!! I was unsure before, but now am completely confused.....Joe you sound
like you love your turtle, I would love to have one too, just a little weary
about the obvious I guess, I would hate to take it and it not fit in....then
have to get rid of it....not very good at that...Love animals and think my
pond would be a good home as long as it plays well with others...Jim and
azkalel are you speaking from experience or heresay.....Thanks for the
feedback, all opinions welcome......Claude



"joe" wrote in message
...
Wow, I must have an angel of a turtle. Do you have first hand knowledge of
this?

Joe

On 4/28/04 6:32 PM, "AZKalEl" wrote:

I wouldn't do it. Turtles eat everything! They tear up your plants
and do eat fish if the can catch one. Mostly lazy, if food is
plentiful they won't eat the fish but they're not shy about nipping at
them. At the least your koi will have shredded fins and bruises, but
if the opportunity arrises, Shushi is served.



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joe wrote in message ...
Wow, I must have an angel of a turtle. Do you have first hand knowledge of
this?

Joe

Yeah I was gonna say, sounds like you got lucky. I've seen them
shred plants in a friends pond, and I know they put off tons of waste.
Of course with any animal related question, you can never say never,
so Claude might get lucky and have one like you do. I think the odds
are against it, let's see what other rec ponders have to offer...

joe wrote in message ...
Wow, I must have an angel of a turtle. Do you have first hand knowledge of
this?

Joe

Yeah I was gonna say, sounds like you got lucky. I've seen them
shred plants in a friends pond, and I know they put off tons of waste.
Of course with any animal related question, you can never say never,
so Claude might get lucky and have one like you do. I think the odds
are against it, let's see what other rec ponders have to offer...

If you have somewhere to put the turtle if it does not work out, you can
resolve your problem empirically. Put it in...feed it...see what happens...

If you have a big pond with koi in it, the waste is not such an issue as the
koi themselves are really good at waste! I used to raise turtles in
aquaria. Moved them from hatchlings to 8 or 9 inches, where they could
stand on their hind legs and climb out if I let them. A single pump and
external filter handled the waste.

Good luck.

Jim

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"Claude Rogers" wrote in message
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Hi guys, my friend has a red earred slider he wants to relocate. I have
goldfish and koi about 7 inches long and lots of plants in my pond. Will
the turtle destroy everthing and kill my fish or is it going to fit
in.....I
know I will need some sort of island for it.....just really don't want
everything tore up.....and don't want to be mean to the turtle
either...does
anyone mix turtles and fish and plants in the same pond.....Thanks in
advance Claude

If you have somewhere to put the turtle if it does not work out, you can
resolve your problem empirically. Put it in...feed it...see what happens...

If you have a big pond with koi in it, the waste is not such an issue as the
koi themselves are really good at waste! I used to raise turtles in
aquaria. Moved them from hatchlings to 8 or 9 inches, where they could
stand on their hind legs and climb out if I let them. A single pump and
external filter handled the waste.

Good luck.

Jim

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"Claude Rogers" wrote in message
...
Hi guys, my friend has a red earred slider he wants to relocate. I have
goldfish and koi about 7 inches long and lots of plants in my pond. Will
the turtle destroy everthing and kill my fish or is it going to fit
in.....I
know I will need some sort of island for it.....just really don't want
everything tore up.....and don't want to be mean to the turtle
either...does
anyone mix turtles and fish and plants in the same pond.....Thanks in
advance Claude

I have a pond with three different turtles in. They often chase the smaller
feeder fish I put in. However they leave bigger fish alone. Although
somewhat cruel, its good exercise for the turtles to have something to
chase.
To avoid being flamed, I do feed my turtles stock food, and I offer many
hiding places for the fish, where the turtles cannot get.

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I have a pond with three different turtles in. They often chase the smaller
feeder fish I put in. However they leave bigger fish alone. Although
somewhat cruel, its good exercise for the turtles to have something to
chase.
To avoid being flamed, I do feed my turtles stock food, and I offer many
hiding places for the fish, where the turtles cannot get.

--
Victoria Concordia Crescit

Claude,

Waste is a bit of an issue. I assumed that if you had several Koi you have
more than 1000 gallons in which case the load the turtle puts on the system
is less of a problem. I found this site that might help you research more.
Maybe you could email some people with turtles and see what they say:

http://www.tortoise.org/index.html


On 4/28/04 7:14 PM, "Claude Rogers" wrote:

Wow!!! I was unsure before, but now am completely confused.....Joe you sound
like you love your turtle, I would love to have one too, just a little weary
about the obvious I guess, I would hate to take it and it not fit in....then
have to get rid of it....not very good at that...Love animals and think my
pond would be a good home as long as it plays well with others...Jim and
azkalel are you speaking from experience or heresay.....Thanks for the
feedback, all opinions welcome......Claude



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