Can my turtle eat all the fish if I put it in my fishpond?

I just got a pretty large turtle (about 5 pounds or more) and most of my fish are about the size of my little finger, will he harm them?

Answer #1

A big turtle? It’s quite likely he will eat your fish…a small turtle will eat mostly plants.

Answer #2

Damn. This turtle’s head is about the size of maybe a fat marker.

I have some big fish, but some of the fish are lazy. I’m thinking evolution in action… the smartest fish survive, am I doing the right thing?

Answer #3

Lol, I had two turtles and we used to buy fish to watch them eat them…the two turtles were about the size of my fist. So yes, your turtle will almost definitely eat all your fish. If you’d like to keep them I suggest not letting the turtle near them :P

Answer #4

What were the size of the fish you fed them?

Answer #5

Big turtles start small…. Some are indeed herbivores tho, so you’ll need to id the species.

Answer #6

Some were feeder fish, which are pretty small, about as long as 3/4 of your thumb. We also fed them goldfish which are smaller than the feeder fish, but a lot fatter, and baby koi (a bit longer than your thumb).

Answer #7

So I decided to setup a special habitat for the turtle and take it out of the pond. Here are some pics and a video identifying the turtle

Answer #8

OMGOSH XD that sounds rather sadistic buying fish to watch them die XDXDXDXDXD

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Answer #9

Mhmm..it was fun :P

Answer #10

the best we had was my cat tried to eat our fish XD but it was REALLY scared of water so it never got them :D

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Answer #11

Lol! Cute :P

Answer #12

it was sooooooo funny coz it would sit there like “MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA IM GONNA EAT YOU >:D” then it would try to get the fish with its claws and be like “:O WTF AHHHHHH WATER RUN FOR YOUR LIFE” then it would run away XDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXDXD

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Answer #13

Awh, that video was SO cute♥

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