Fish Living With Turtles - Could They Carry Disease Over?

[Spishkey]

hi all!

on saturday im picking up a 2m tank (my second wahoo!) it is to be a new home for my turtle. unfortunatly the tank comes with +/- 100 fish that had been living in with the previous owners turtles.

now how long should i quarantine these fish before adding them to my tanks/sending them to new homes?
is there any disease they can catch from turtles?

 

[england]

Not sure about fishe's catching anything, my sister has fish with her terp's without a problem....

you however can catch salmonella if not careful,,,,alway's wash hand's after handling the beauty's

 

[Davo86]

Not sure about fishe's catching anything, my sister has fish with her terp's without a problem....

you however can catch salmonella if not careful,,,,alway's wash hand's after handling the beauty's

If the turtle isn't used to living with fish, then he may well snack on a few.

 

[england]

yes true that

 

[Spishkey]

my turtle will eat them, hence why i am wanting to split them between my aquariums and not leave them in with him. dont want to add them though if theres a chance they could spread a disease over or something