Question:can i keep 2 red ear slider turtles together in one tank?
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its fine i had four in a tank together and there still alive
as long as its big enough. they are very social animals. just make sure you have enough room and a great filter system.
Yes u can but it depends on what size, if ones big and ones small than no but if about same size then yes
yes you can have 2 RES in the same tank together.. just make sure there is enough room for them both.. swimming and landing wise..
yes
yah i have two myself and they are fine together
just make shure you have enougth land and water because they need plenty of both
and don't for get the lights
you need the right lights or they will get sick
yeah thats totally fine. if their is a major difference in size then they might get territorial but mine are different in size and they are fine with each other. the little one actually gets on top of the big one sometimes. its pretty cute.
at first they might stay away from each other but after like a day they will get comfortable with each other. thats what happened with mine. i had the small one first and brought the big one when a lady at work gave it to me.
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If they are young you shouldn't have a problem keeping them together at first compatibility-wise, but you have to make sure you have enough room for them later when they get big (up to twelve inches of shell each!). If you are buying both as adults from a pet store, you may want to watch and make sure that you don't pick two hugely aggressive turtles. If you have had one for a long time and are introducing another into the tank, you want to be very careful. The one who has been there longer will most likely show signs of territorial aggression, in which case one turtle will end up attacked and/or dead (I don't know how often the latter happens, but turtles do fight). So long as you keep the tank large enough (I would say at least 55 gallons for the two) and make sure they don't fight, they should be okay. You can feed them in separate containers if you're worried about them being greedy over food, but if you start doing this, you have to keep doing it, as they're going to battle it out once you start feeding them together.
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