Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 2:03 pm
Looks like a good tank, if my calculations are correct, you are at about a 50 gallon right now and your new tank will be about 100 gallons. It's important to know that if you have 2 females, you may end up needing to double your new tank sometime in the future, or split them up.
Also, ANY new turtle needs to have a 90 day quarantine period before adding them to a healthy turtle. In your case, you should separate them as soon as possible since you don't know what killed the other turtle yet. You need to give your previous turtle at least 90 days by themselves to see if they are healthy and the new one 90 days to make sure they aren't bringing a disease to the table. Otherwise, you may end up with two dead turtles in the near future ...
James - No, not an environmental scientist, I'm a chemist, so I work with a lot of different types of scientists, though I'm mainly in biology, so I haven't had many dealings with environmental types. I find it's a part of science that is disappearing, probably from lack of interest and a realization that intramural science achieves goals faster (i.e. training scientists to do many things and work in teams with others that can do many things, rather than have a team composed of specialists). I am certainly happy to try to answer questions or find answers to questions, if you want to PM me!
JAX
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Baby Boy - January 9th, 2011! (3 months old)
1 RES - 7" long - Umi (3.5 years old)
1 black lab/hound mix - Josie (1.5 year old)
2 cats - Mysti and Molly (6.5 years old)
just love your answer. its make sense. also i love science. 
