Red Eyed Slider + Betta: Can they live together?

[esrefb]

Hello, I have a betta fish for quite a long time. A friend of mine has a red eyed slider turtle. I don't know much about turtles. I was wondering if they can both live in the same tank. It's a 5 gallon (20 liter) tank.The turtle is 8 moths old. It's only a few inches long.

[bettachris]

no the RES will eat the betta.Also RES dont belong in 5 gallons, my largest was a 10 year old female that was about 18 inches long. She lived in a 72 gallon that was a round tank with about 20 inches of water.

[his baby girl]

yes thay can if you have a dry place in the tank that the turtlecan sit on .

[Sara M]

The turtle will get way too big, and turtles need dry land too, but bettas obviously don't. Fulfilling both needs of the animals in the same cage would be cramped.

[violinist92]

You mean a red eared slider. I have had those before. They eat like PIGS haha. So no, I really dont suggest you put your betta in with the turtle, unless you want the turtle to eat it!RES get really big. When it is full grown you will need a MONSTROUS tank. My guess would be 100+ gallons. This was the problem I had when I had my wild caught RES. I kept it for about 3 years and then when I felt it needed a big open environment, I let it go back to the lake it came from. My grandfather says he sees him every now and then nibbling on the plants haha.