Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 11:55 pm Re: New and confused
I can't help on the food transition, except to say try a sudden change. Turtles in the wild can go a long time without feeding. My own RES made it out of the aquarium once and was hidden somewhere in the basement. I found her not quite a week later and she seemed none the worse for it.
As to cheaper, roomier options, many use stock tanks. You don't get the clear glass side of an aquarium, but you can get a 100 gallon stock tank for around $100.
There are some great pics here of people who've built these nice enclosures for the stock tanks. You will want to raise it up a bit so you can still use a canister filter.
Tobi a RES born in 2012
1 dog, 1 teenager, 3 aquariums filled with fish, snails, shrimp and a bit of algae