i have terrapins in a 4ft tank with an external filter that does a smashing job and im wondering if i should but some ... fish in the tank with them , the pet shop down the road has neons for sale @ £5 for 10 and they are pretty small and fast so will keep them entertained ,,, but i dont want to keep going in asking for 10 neons like every month or week as they may refuse or get suspicious

also are these good fish to put in ?

im also hoping they make the tank look smarter but i also feel like its cruel as the fish has like , no chance and they just get eaten alive...

what should i do

to buy or not to buy?

i was told to go for it if you don't mind the fish slowly dissapearing
the choice is yours

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From a purely personal opinion I wouldn't put neons in with terrapins, or any other fish really. If you get a breeding colony set up then you shouldn't have to keep going to replace them as they'd be doing that themselves [although you would need to add fresh blood in every now and then], but it's pretty likely they'll be snacked upon by your terrapins. They could make your tank look prettier, but I doubt it would look smarter.

As for the pet shop getting suspicious, unless it's a very good shop I doubt they'll put much thought into someone buying cheap fish every month or so.

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Does the terrapin need them? No.

Should you? No.

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Yeah,put fish in your tank,-strips of frozen fish as food.I might go to my local shop and buy 10 small mice to liven up my pythons viv,their fast and might get away.Do you think i should?

agreed. Fish deserve a life too- they arn't disposable items.

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You don't say what species of terrapins you have? Some species are more likely to leave fish alone than others, some will just eat anything they can catch.

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its a yellow bellied slider , but i went to the shop and asked the guy on reptile day and he was very helpful and said that i should feed them frozen daphnia (and he gave me a free bag of them =) ) and possibly earthworms... also Durham is right they deserve a life to =)

have you ever tried it????

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Your fish would start to dissappear pretty quickly I would say mate!

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