Is grandfathers beard air plant poisonous to maquarie short neck turtles?

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Liz M asked:

I have been given some granfathers beard air plant that I want to hang in my tank – not in the water but on the sides – is it poisonous to my turtles if it falls in and they eat it – or would it poison the water?



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3 Responses to 'Is grandfathers beard air plant poisonous to maquarie short neck turtles?'

  1. Frozen96 - July 9th, 2009 at 1:19 pm

    I do not believe so. Here are two links, one with a list of toxic plants for turles and one with safe plants.

    Hope it helps.

  2. Lav farmer - July 12th, 2009 at 12:37 pm

    I very much doubt it as it grows in abundance around tropical lakes where there are numerous turtles, but in saying that a lot of plants are toxic if eaten in large quanties, so if your turtle is captive and doesn’t have the luxury of choice….who knows.

  3. oikos - July 12th, 2009 at 3:56 pm

    I’m not familiar with the plant name but it sounds as if it might be a bromeliad (pineapple family). So far as I know, none of the plants in the family are poisonous.


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