HATCHLING TURTLE CARE. Hatchling and baby turtles can be kept in aquariums or plastic tubs of various kinds. I used a 15 gallon plastic storage tub. Plastic storage tubs are very cheap and work well for temporary homes if you do not want to buy a more expensive aquarium.
All of these are herbivores. (see Reference 6) When they are young, such minnows as lake chub, speckled dace, golden shiner, emerald shiner, and California roach eat plankton. (see References 3 and 4) Other young minnows, such as brassy minnow, hitch, common shiner, and spottail shiner, eat algae.
BACK TO THE TOP. The golden shiner is a member of a distinctive group of minnows often considered to represent a separate subfamily called the Abraminae. It is the sole representative of this group and as such it is quite different from other native minnows.