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Can loach and tortoise be mixed and eaten by tortoises?

Marie Schrader
2020-12-30 03:10:29
Loach and tortoise can not be mixed. One of the main reasons is that the tortoise's food is loach. If they are mixed together, loach may become the tortoise's food. Loaches, whether wild or farmed, may become food for turtles. Even if the tortoise can't eat the loach smoothly, it may bite them. In addition, from the point of view of habits, loach and tortoise like the environment is also quite different, so it is better not to raise them together.
Can loach and tortoise be mixed and eaten by tortoises?

1. Can loach and tortoise be mixed?

Loach is a common fish in China, which is distributed in many places. Some people will choose to breed them in ponds and on a large scale, while others will breed them in fish tanks. When breeding loach, there is a problem of polyculture. Loach can be mixed with some fish, such as grass carp, silver carp, bighead carp and so on, but if the turtle is not suitable for breeding with loach. This is because there is loach in the tortoise's food, and it is also one of the tortoise's favorite foods. If

wild loaches live in the same environment as turtles, they may be eaten by turtles, which can be regarded as one of the natural enemies of loaches. The same is true of farmed loaches and turtles, which may also become food for turtles. Even if the loach does not become food for the tortoise, the tortoise may bite the loach, and the loach will not live long. In addition, from the point of view of habit characteristics, tortoise and loach are not the same species after all, belonging to different categories, so there are some differences in habits, try not to put together, to avoid unreasonable regulation of the surrounding environment.

2. Will the loach be eaten by the tortoise? As mentioned

above, the loach and the tortoise are not suitable to be mixed together. One of the main reasons is that the loach may become the food of the tortoise. Whether it is wild loach or cultured loach, it may be eaten by turtles when they meet turtles, so it is recommended not to raise them together. However, the loach has a certain ability to move, while the tortoise moves relatively slowly, so the loach may sometimes escape, but sometimes it will be injured.

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