I have an eastern painted and red-eared slider in the same tank. I have noticed several differences.

It's a little difficult to tell, but I think if I fed them both til they were full, the slider would eat far more per unit weight. Plus, comparing sliders to painteds, it seems the latter is is closer to carnivore and former is closer to omnivore (the slider eats dry dog food readily, but the painted, even if I chop the bits into small pieces, since he is smaller, just doesn't seema as into the dog food), and a slider is far more likely to eat a dead minnow tossed in the tank.

Anyone else notice these differences?

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