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.
Topeka shiners eat insects from the bottom of the river or stream, but also eat some plants. Topeka shiners eat many kinds of microcrustaceans, animals without backbones, larvae of other fish, and larvae of insects that live in the water. They also eat algae, plant parts that surround the seeds, and bits of dead animals and plants called detritus.