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.
Largemouth bass and other bass (Micropterus spp., etc.) Aside from grass carp introduced for algae control, minnows are usually stocked in ponds to serve as forage fish for game species. Minnows are also commonly sold and used as live bait; many ponds have been inadvertently stocked by the release of bait fish.