The RES I'm babysitting over summer is actually fully grown, not medium, and I disagree that you don't need a large tank. I feel sorry for this girl for having only a 40 gal because it's painfully obvious she just doesn't have enough space to swim around in. I can't however do anything but point out this fact to the owners of the turtle and hope that they will buy her a bigger tank.
Anyway, with my last post the only intention I had was to point out the fact that keeping turtles is not a cheap hobby, especially if you aren't lucky enough to live in a place like yours. I'm not planning on getting my own turtle (not fun enough animals IMO), so there's no need for me to get any of the equipment you were talking about or importing anything, but I can tell you that if I were to buy an appropriate home with all equipment necessary for a turtle or two here, it would cost about €800-1000. IMO that's pretty expensive.
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