WILL 75g DO WELL

[Turtle Guru]

i got a female red eared slider and she is about 6 inches long and i need to get her a tank for the rest of her life and i thought and what i read said that a 75g tank will do fine so what do you guys think and i need some advise

 

[Yvonne G]

Hi Christian:

My personal opinion is no, its not big enough. I really feel that the large water turtles need to be in a pond.

I took this off the web:

Your turtle needs 4-5 times the length of tank as his carapace. So, if your turtle is 12 inches long, multiply 12 by 4 or 5 and his tank should be 48-60 inches long. For the depth, multiply by 2. Having said all this, a full grown female 12 inch slider really needs about a 100 gallon tank.

 

[Turtle Guru]

ok thanks i appericate that i have heard for every inch on a turtle it should be 10 gallons so im just trying to get prepared for her new tank and thanks for info

 

[Kristina]

100 gallons will work, IF you build an above tank basking area so that you can use the full capacity of the tank.

The 10 gallons per inch rule does work somewhat, but a 6 inch female RES is going to double in size - so you are looking at 100-120 gallons.

 

[Turtle Guru]

yea i know but i got her tank finally at good price guys thanks for the info

 

[ChrisandTaryn]

Hi I was just wondering about the "4-5 times the length of tank as his carapace." rule. If you have two turtles in the same tank would you then multiply the sum of the two turtles lengths by 4-5? Currently I have a 4inch turtle and a 2.5 inch turtle in a 75gl tank the dimensions are 48x18x24, l x w x h