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Red Eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)

Red ear sliders are semi-aquatic turtles that live in calm, fresh warm

water sources. Some of these sources could be lakes, ponds, streams or

lakes.

Description:

● Signature red or orange stripe that extends from eyes to the end of the

ear area

● Carapace is round and smooth with black and yellow lined patterns.

Hatchling RES have bright carapace while adults have dark green.

Carapace markings darken as RES get older.

● Plastron is yellow with small unique markings.

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● Skin pattern is green and yellow. Both male and female grow at the

same rate until sexual maturity, males slow in growth rate while

females continue to grow rapidly.

● Female RES average adult size is 12 inches

● Males RES average adult size is 9 inches

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Housing

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Water Depth and Temperature

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Diet

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Determining the sex of your slider

● Your slider must be at least 3.5-4 inches SCL in order to determine

their sex.

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Substrate

Play sand would be a prefered substrate,

but bare bottoms are the safest

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Recommended Filtration

Filter Aquarium Size

(gallons)

Flow Rate

(GPH)Fluval G-Series 40-160 185-265

Eheim ECCO Up to 80 127-185

Eheim Classic 66-159 116-264

Eheim Pro 3 65-320 250-450

Eheim Pro 3E Up to 185 396-490

Fluval Multi-Stage 6 25-100 145-283

Fluval FX5 400 495

Rena Filstar Up to 265 250-450

Marineland C-Series 30-150 160-530

Sun-Sun 75-250 264-525