LittleLucy
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
My 4" Red eared slider, Lucy, has complications of catching her own prey due to a shell deformity. I am able to hand feed her fish, by holding them with 3 fingers. (She will miss 20 times) but she's able to munch them down. I have 2 (about 2.5 and a 3 inch) comets in there right now, they like to eat Lucy's shedding skin. They do a wonderful job in helping me clean the tank! And Lucy pays no mind to them.
I do have crayfish, but I never want to put them with my turtle, afraid they may pinch her! (Aggressive little....)
But shrimp! I was thinking about putting a cleaner shrimp or bamboo shrimp in my turtle tank, to test to see if they will help get those little skin particles from her shedding. (Talk about getting the filter dirty! >w<)
Does anyone here have a suggestion about the shrimp?
My turtle won't be able to catch them, but I'm sure they will do no harm on her.
Well first I need to research the shrimp to make sure they aren't salt water...
But just as an experiment, I am curious about these shrimp!
My tank is natural-colored based. So a bamboo shrimp would be more camouflage than a red/white cleaner shrimp!
I do have crayfish, but I never want to put them with my turtle, afraid they may pinch her! (Aggressive little....)
But shrimp! I was thinking about putting a cleaner shrimp or bamboo shrimp in my turtle tank, to test to see if they will help get those little skin particles from her shedding. (Talk about getting the filter dirty! >w<)
Does anyone here have a suggestion about the shrimp?
My turtle won't be able to catch them, but I'm sure they will do no harm on her.
Well first I need to research the shrimp to make sure they aren't salt water...
But just as an experiment, I am curious about these shrimp!
My tank is natural-colored based. So a bamboo shrimp would be more camouflage than a red/white cleaner shrimp!