Why do I have to separate my baby red-eared sliders from my Pangasius

[asuka.arukiwa]

catfish and my dragon fish? Will the fish bite them? Or the other way around? Also, I'm not sure what type of dragon is my dragon... It's about 3 inches, has a long slender body and some sort of short 2 whisker-like things in front of its mouth.

[copperhead]

After looking at your previous question: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AtntUsuNqf6NUOaWsX_QX.nsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid =20080719023157AAAuiA1 You need to do more than just separate the turtle. Who would bite who will depend on the current sizes - it could go either way, but considering you're keeping all these together, I'd assume they're all very small yet. The turtle could probably do more damage to the fish (and young turtles do eat fish), plus the turtle also has claws which could damage the skin/scales of the fish leading to infections. Plus the turtle will be producing a lot of wastes, and the fish aren't able to cope with poor water quality as well as a turtle would be (not that they should have bad water quality either, but they are messy eaters and poop a lot).

But your turtle needs a place where he can get completely out of the water to dry the shell as well, and he probably doesn't have this in the current setup.

From your description of the dragon with the two whiskers, what you have is most likely an arowana: http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/397.htm , since dragon gobies (http://www.aqualandpetsplus.com/Oddball,%20Dragon%20Goby.htm ) lack these. There are more than one type of arowana, but they generally get around 3 feet long (0.9 meters) or larger and the Pangassius (http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/318.htm ) can get over 4 feet (each). Both of these fish belong in filtered tanks on the order of several hundred gallons, not a pot.

[guiltychopstick]

I'd listen to COWGIRL AND SAUCY!!!
turtles ARE ferocious to fish. love to nibble nibble nibble. lol.
it is very difficult and expensive to keep fish with turtles. dont recommend it for everyone. they will need to go into a seperate tank from the fish.
if u have more than one slider, than i would strongly suggest getting a 20g LONG tank. about 30 inches long, about 12inches wide and 12 inches tall. (somewhere around there.) turtles love to swim but as hatchlings are too weak to swim in strong currents so make sure that the filtration is not too strong, but still does the job. they're expensive but canister filters work the best! water quality is very important to the health of the turtles. poor water quality= poor health and disease. they require an extensive variety diet. look up REPTICZONE.COM they give u the basic information that u will need to properly take care of ur turtles. hope for the best

as for ur dragonfish. if he has small tiny eyes, ugly face a large mouth, slender body with colours ranging from light blue to purplish. spiny dorsel fin then it should be a dragonfish. its a type of golby from china. very aggressive "looking" but a very passive fish and should not be put with other aggressive fish, but however u should keep an eye out for small fish that can be eaten by him. they love frozen foods and are normally hard to keep because of feeding habits.
hope u have a HUGE aquarium for ur catfish. that guy can get 18-36inches in length. very big very active fish. and the myth about fish only grow to the size of their environments is NOT true. ur Catfish will need a bigger tank and a BIG tank fast cuz they have a very fast growth rate.
good luck.

[sweetaimers21]

got any pics of the dragon fish?