Turtles in Water Gardens; Turtles and Koi
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* Many people would like to add turtles to their water gardens; usually
  slider turtles.

* I would never mix turtles with prize KOI. Turtles will eat fish, if they
  can catch them. Period. That's the way of Nature.

* However, in a large enough pond, I have successfully kept goldfish and
  junk koi together with a variety of turtles. There are plenty of plants and
  easy food for the turtles. The smart fish survive, the stupid fish get eaten.
  So, I put in a few junk koi and a few dozen goldfish. After a few months, 
  the situation stabilizes. 

* Turtles might also walk away from an unfenced water garden.

* Personally, I think one should either build a water garden and keep just
  plants and fish; or one should build the pond with turtles as the primary
  inhabitants in mind, and then it will be quite a different construction.