Here's my 2c about my favorite but pain in the butt turtle...
I have a pair, Donatello and his girl Jessie. they say turtles don't get lonely, well, he was before her, hes alot more active since he's been with her, so personally I don't reccomend keeping one alone and in M/F or F/F pairs, I think boys will try to kick each other's butts if kept together.
First off they're sweet. Beautiful. And great personalities. My girl had laid many eggs last year but no babies yet.

The big pain is their enclosures. I have them in a 50/50...they need deep substrate to dig and hide and then water deep enough to cover their body. FILTERING is a PAIN IN THE )@(#*$. I've done everything from submersibles to an XP1 canister! FORGET IT! Just stick with a little submersible to move the water and change it often.

Feeding is easy, a big variety of vegetation, fruit and big fat juicy worms, crickets or once in a blue mood a pinkie.

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