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    But what can you say might or know can work with white's?

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    Most tropical fish will work with White's, but should be captive bred to minimize cross infection. Even then its almost impossible to gurantee there will be no cross infection, especially of gastrointestinal parasites. Also avoid live-bearers as they need salt to live and salt is detrimental to amphibians. Avoid large predatory fish or small surface dwelling fish. Turtles can be real tricky. Most turtles get to big to be housed with most frogs. Small turtles that need to bask may become prey for a frog. Geckos maybe a little easier to assimilate into a multi species enclosure such as this, but how do you feed them? Crickets and other feeder insect drown so easily, and most geckos aren't hand able.

    Now do you understand why I do not advocate mixing species?

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    Ok well it sounds like im not qualified to try that, i dont want to endanger any of my animals. I had a black and green dart a while ago that died, im thinking about having maybe four of them in this tank.

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    What is a small turtle that you can keep with them? Can you keep spotted turtles with them?

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    Not if you live in Massachusetts, they're illegal here and native. Also, White's are tropical while the spotted turtle, Clemmys guttata is a temperate zone species that does not take kindly to warmer tempertures. Captive bred babies probably wouldn't be safe with a White's any way.

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    Oh but is there anything that you can keep with them?

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    Spotted turtles? Maybe fish and treefrogs found in the same areas.

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