I am so tired of the matra, glass stresses land turtles. I see no proof of this, in my own experiences and in topics I read, but people still insist on it. And what really makes me angry is that aquariums are just fine for water turtles. No one says, keep your your res in a fifty gallon rubbermaid because the glass will stress them. So, are water turtles just stupid and don't know to be stressed or are they really smart and know that funny barrier is there for my protection. All animals, turtles included, will try to escape an inclosier and that doesn't mean they're stressed. My russian occasionally paces but so do turtles in sightless containers. If you have another argument about glass fine, but please stop the whole stress issue. Now let the debate begin.