While I agree that you should not put the two together unless you know what you are getting into, I also want to add that some times they do just fine. It will depend on how the two interact. Sliders will not use their claws in the sand whie they swim around which allows the softshell to be home free. I have three softies. Two are together in a twenty and are only about on inch an half. The other though is a 5 inch guadalupe. He is in a ninety with a red eared slider. Since the tank is large and there are plenty of live, dead, and fake plants. The turtles mind their own buisiness. When I first monitored them together about a year ago. The softie chased the slider away if he got to close. Now the just deal with eachother. IN my experiance it is the softies that will be agresive, and not the slider. Just watch them. Feed them dailey their diets but also keep live fish in the tank at all times. This will mean that they know there is a constant supply of food and will not have a need to compete for it. Good luck with what ever you dcecide.

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