Safe Aquatic Plants for Turtle Tanks (yes...live plants)

have you been wondering about what live aquarium plants you could use with your turtle? well, today you have your answer! these are my top SAFE aquatic plants for turtle tanks – from anubias to duckweed, there's many different options to try. Best of luck to you!

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[stephensnyder]

My Red eared slider demolished anubias in the first day I had it in the tank. My turtle doesn’t seem to bother my Java Ferns though. He also loves to eat water lettuce, I’ve been to scared to try duckweed because I’m afraid it will take over my tank lol

[dexynux]

Dude, your videos have been getting better(older ones are still good) and the information just keeps flowing.
Keep it going 👍

[hollymarrone]

Plants and my turtle do not mix, since if I put one little plant, munched away it goes! Lol. But I do have a fish tank so I’ll be sure to try some new plants for in there! Thanks for all your help!

[SHMIDTEY]

I've been using anacharis in my mud turtle/guppy community tank for about 6 months. It's been really durable to the turtle uprooting and shoving it around, I just tuck the roots under a rock, into the sand, or just let it float. It absolutely sucks up the nitrates. Plus the turtle really seems to like climbing through and hiding in the bunches when it gets a little overgrown lol

[User]

I recently got a yellow belly slider and I’m a new turtle owner I asked somebody at the pet store how many pellets should I feed him. I was told four pellets a day. My turtle was only getting 4-6 pellets a day for the first four days of his stay here. I feel so bad but then I did my research and I’m so glad I found your video.

[mrrlbunch]

Just ordered my first floating plants today. Duckweed for my common snapping turtle.

[tinadorminy]

Thank you Turtle Girl!! Waited a long time for a video like this!! My daughter and I have watched almost all your videos. Thanks for your content! We have a dbt and we’re given two yellow bellied sliders (rescued really) and now they are part of the fam! We want to put those two together…any advice? And also what about guppy grass?

[chikararexzpo]

There is nothing wrong with putting a little piece of polycarbonate separator with silicone so the plants be in the same tank producing oxygen but the little baby can't wreak havoc 🙃🖤🐢

[edoliva]

I just tried live plants for the first time last week. I added some duckweedto my tank and my red eared slider already ate like 80% of it, lol

[mr.j]

good to see you, again. as always, great information. thank you for sharing!

[arindamdutta]

Can we keep lucky bamboos or money plant?

[Etk]

Well I am very frustrated. Bought a java fern for my musk turtle. Waited 2 weeks for it to arrive and within 2 hours my musk turtle ate it down to roots. So much for literally every website out there telling me that turtles won't eat it. Your video was the only thing that gave me any indication this could happen so thank you. Might try hornwort next. Seems like the java fern root I threw in a cup of water is going to take months to regrow.

[madisonblankenship]

Thank you for responding that just made me so so happy

[Briijej]

Any recommendations for plants that may filter the water??

[kiddpaww]

Love your channel very helpful… question for you tho what’s your thoughts on putting a 2-3 Mississippi maps in a vertical 130 gallon tank 👀👀

[rasalynholland]

Glad you did this one. I've been experimenting with trying to create a planted tank. I've done anubias & Amazon sword so far. They just attack them but don't eat them. I've got a 90 gallon & I really want to put a big plant to grow up & out of the tank. Any suggestions?

[thinriches]

hornwort grows so fast in my guppy tank so i keep puttingin a handful in with the turtles. it lasts a whole week or so

[brianrutherford]

Duckweed was great for the florida peninsula river cooter because of the slow water movement but as far as for sliders the baby yes but our adult has too much waste into the tank to do less filtering/slower water movement. The duckweed just died and went to the bottom for the shrimp and the filter lol.

[knzdkss]

quick question, does duckweed clog up a hanging filter? is that something to be worried about because i’m setting up a new tank soon

[VincentStevenStudio]

Just switched up my Eastern Painted to black sand and live plants after getting tired of the constant high algae build up in her tank. It always ruined the white sand and made it difficult to clean the fake plants. Hopefully my plan works.