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#154817
T-tle Dude
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Size Difference 
I have 2 RES about 4.5 inches across in a 40 gallon breeder
someone gave me 2 hatchling aquatics can i house all 4 together in the 40 gallon breeder just until the end of the year? (At the end of the year I’ll put the 2 hatchlings in their own 40 breeder) Right now the 2 hatchlings are in a 20L wut should i do?
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10/04/04 6:09pm
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#155368
Scarletsnake
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Message To: T-tle In reference to Message Id: 154817
Size Difference
Well you could give it a try but keep your eye on all 4 every second until you are sure they get along. They may be just fine if they have enough room and food for all of them, but then again the bigger turtles may go after the hachlings and seriously hurt them. We tried putting a hatchling in with our older babies and they went after him as though they thought he was food!
To be on the safe side, can you leave the little guys in the 20L tank for now or do you need to combine the turtles for some reason?
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10/05/04 12:23pm
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#155575
T-tle Dude
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Message To: Scarletsnake In reference to Message Id: 155368
Size Difference
No I don’t have to combine them for a reason I can just buy another 20L for my leopard gecko i’m getting in a few weeks until xmas whne i can get another 40 gallon breeder for my hatchlings
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10/05/04 5:59pm
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#156197
Zebeck
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Message To: T-tle In reference to Message Id: 155575
Size Difference DON"T MIX
No larger turtles often attack smaller ones. RES are especially famous for this.
A 40 is pretty small for a 4 inch turtle anyway (it needs a larger tank soon)
and the crowding will tempt the larger one (possibly) to violence.
larger sliders even eat hatchlings.
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10/06/04 2:48pm
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#156325
T-tle Dude
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Message To: Zebeck In reference to Message Id: 156197
Size Difference DON"T MIX
hey a 40 gallon breeder is much bigger area wise than a regular 40 gallon tank.....
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10/06/04 7:12pm
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#156353
LittleMusk
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Message To: T-tle In reference to Message Id: 156325
Size Difference DON"T MIX
I agree with Zebeck, you shouldn’t mix them. The larger ones could hurt the smaller ones.
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10/06/04 7:50pm
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#157092
Big Zito
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Message To: LittleMusk In reference to Message Id: 156353
Size Difference DON"T MIX
yeah, i have a hatchling and a 3 in. and i combined them just to see what they would do and sure enough the biger one was agressive.
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10/07/04 10:16pm
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#157573
Mat
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Message To: Big In reference to Message Id: 157092
 Size Difference DON"T MIX
im just wondering what if you have 2 different breeds but when there added they where the same and grew at the same rate intill the smaller ones stopped growing or the bigger ones got bigger quicker would they suddenly get agressive if they hadnt been before. 
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10/08/04 6:15pm
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