Here's how my bigger RES's owner kept her. Small tank, half of it was gravel, the other half was water (about 1 MAYBE 2 inches deep) all she fed her was bloodworms and had her for years, the only light was a fish aquarium light. I now have her and another slightly smaller one in a bigger tank (soon to be even bigger in about a month), big rocks at the bottom, two filters (saving up for a canister or fluval), proper lights, deep water and lots of room to swim around in and a basking dock. I got the smaller one from my aunt who gets them all the time and wonders why they keep dying (she doesn't properly care for them) so I sent her the link to this website and some basic care instructions and the turtle jello recipe so she'll start feeding the better and hopefully get them a better setup, I don't even know how many she has. Anyway, so now I have the little one who is doing great as well. Pretty soon I'll be getting them in their bigger tank, sand in the bottom and possibly an above-tank-basking area.
Thank goodness for this site to help those who have no idea how to care for a turt.
