Feeding and Nutrition :: Anything besides minnows and guppies?

[daredevilgirl013]

Just wondering if there are any fish besides minnows and guppies I can feed Michelangelo. I plan on going to wal-mart and the pet store tomorrow to see what they have. I want something colorful, probably in reds or the like as I know he will eat a red fish but not a black or grey fish. So any help would be nice. Thanks!

[jeggy]

my turtle jus loves neon tetras. i know they are not feeder fishes but my turtle ate them us anyway. small pet store had small ones for less than 50 cents each. about $1 for medium and larger. petsmart has medium and large only and they sell them for $1.75 each.

[reptilegrrl]

Have you thought about adding worms or other invertebrates as feeders? My turtles love nightcrawlers, crickets, and grasshoppers. I also toss snails into the tank when I find the, although I have never seen Al eat one.

[daredevilgirl013]

I already have snails in three. to record he's eaten at least three of them. He's got ghost shrimp and I think he's eaten six of those so far. The worms and crickets might be later on as when I did offer them he freaked out, so I think I'll stick more to what can stay in the water with him for now. And those neon tetras sound good and colorful!

[marisa]

I've never seen a turt refuse a wriggling earthworm. Cut it into pieces if it's too big.

[daredevilgirl013]

I ran to petland and waited for half an hour and no one would help me so I left. But I saw the neon tetras and I don't know if he would see them or not. I saw red ones but they wanted three bucks for just one of them.

So I went to the ma and pa store, I got a minnow (kinda peach colored) for sixty cents and a red sword tail for three dollars as they were smaller compared to the red tetras (those things were huge) and they were slower swimmers from what I saw. So we shall try this little experiment.

Earth worms may come later, but we'll see how it goes with things he needs to chase as he needs some exercise.

[mikedpirone]

well i bought a dozen red roseys to throw in the tank for my turts and the little one is just murdering them and leaving them to float to the top lol

[daredevilgirl013]

He hasn't touched either of the new fish yet which I can't say I'm disappointed cause I actually like them in the tank, they add some color!

[jeggy]

??? neon tetras are usually smaller then rosies

[daredevilgirl013]

These were huge. I don't know what they were feeding them. But the minnow I got isn't all that big but he hasn't touched them so it's alright. I just am lucky I didn't get two minnows so thankfully no babies from them.