Hahaha, 700 gallon tank! You aren't messing around. That would be one hell of a setup. I must confess that does sound very tempting. My plan is to eventually dig a pond for them, but that will have to wait. You are right on the money... this is very addictive. I thought I was done and over with keeping turtles, but its tough (impossible) to pass up a free Spotted Turtle. Coolest animals I've ever kept.

Well, I'm assuming my male is ~1.5 years, but I suppose he may be as young as 1 or as old as 2. Can't say for sure. Does 3.5 inches CL seem large to you? My first impression when I got him was that she must have been feeding him pretty heavily. He doesn't seem to show any real pyramiding though. He was just over 3 inches when I got him in March (when I was told he should be a female). Since then his plastron has developed some impressive concavity. He was already vigorously courting/mounting some young female midland painteds when I first got him (was briefly housed with them). He's not the prettiest individual (not the most spotty) but I really couldn't care less.

BTW, I checked out the ATP. Pretty good, thanks for the reference. ...brings up a question about water temps (new thread).

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