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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
