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anyone have AST here? how do you take care of them? how big is the aquarium compare to it?

i have 2 ASTs. i'm still using a 60liters aquarium. i put a separator in the middle so they won't fight with each other. i don't know whether they'll fight or not, but just in case. they're still around 6-8cm lengths. as the water depth, i usually put around twice the carapace length deep. as for what they eat, i always prepare guppies, small gold fishes, platys, or shrimps. and sometimes i put frozen blood worms. but not sure they eat it or not.

Here is a good caresheet:
http://www.austinsturtlepage.com/Care/cs...napper.htm

They are going to get very large, 100 lbs. or more. You will eventually need a large stock tank (800+ gallon) or pond. In my opinion these guys do not make very good pets and should be left in the wild.

I agree with reptileeats. They get massive, can be dangerous, eat live large fish (do you have access to adult suckers or adult human dinner size fish) and a large body of water. I live on the Missippippi River , which is their habitat, and have seen the ones (juveniles) that Illinois is planting for reestablishment at about 25 to thirty pounds each. I consider them a very serious responsibility.

I am not sure if water amounts would be the same for all aquatic turtles or not, but I stick to the 10 gallons of water for every inch of turtle and I do that for each turtle in the tank.

http://www.turtleman.com is where I get mine, he's a really cool guy, too.