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.
Wherever they're found in good numbers big bass will target shiners, selecting them over crayfish, shad, bluegills, or other common prey. These large members of the minnow family commonly reach 10 inches and occasionally approach 12 inches and a pound in weight. Now that's a meal for a monster bass. Fishing with live shiners is fun, too. There's the fascination of fishing floats--watching marauding bass chase your baits to the surface, then watching the float descend before rearing back for a hookset.