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I'm going to be getting 3 male RES hatchlings and wanted to know when they're full grown will a 55 ga. tank be big enough for them?

No, that is not big enough, it would be large enough for maybe one adult male RES. I have two male RES in my 55 gallon tank now, but they aren't full grown yet.
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Besides isn't it very hard to tell if they are all males when they are hatchlings? Try a pond for when they are bigger. Or a stock tank.

I'm actually getting 2. The place on the net I'm getting them from has where you can get only one sex if u want to..they only have 70% chance of being right but. I've decided to get 2 turtles....and with getting 2 I can't decide male or female so we'll see!!

55 gal is fine for now but when they get bigger get a bigger tank

Since you seem to have limited resources, you should try to get only males, if you decide you must still buy a slider.

Katrina