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my RES won't eat live food

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Posted by: RedSoxFans at Fri May 18 20:39:26 2007  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by RedSoxFans ]  
   

I've had Scofield for about 8 months and Linc for about 2 months.
Scofield is about 6 inches and Linc about 5 inches.
They both LOVE ReptoMin Floating Food Sticks and HBH Turtle Bites. They also love Red Leaf Lettuce and the plants that we put in.
However, we've had 8 "feeder fish" that have now begun reproducing and there are about 19 of them in there now.
We have 4 Ghost Shrimp and one snail in there too.
Neither of the turtles have shown ANY interest in these live creatures. I don't mind so much because the other things are nice in the tank, but SHOULD I BE WORRIED? I've asked 3 different people at the local PetSmart, but all they say is "Well, they should eat them. You have weird turtles." Yeah, real nice answers.

It just seems like after doing A LOT of reading, these things should be history in the tank with these turtles. Any thoughts, suggestions etc.?

A little more info...
They are 2 Red Ear Sliders in a 125 gallon tank. Water temp is about 78, basking area about 92. They love basking and everything else seems normal. We have a Fluval 304 Filter and an AquaClear 70 gal. filter running also a bubble disk because they like to play in it!


   

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