Yes I kept 4 painted turtles in this same tank last winter. What is so amazing to me is how different their personalities were. I released them into one of the ponds but unfortunately I don't think they made it as I stopped seeing them after a few weeks.
They may have just gone off to do their thing. We have redear sliders in our pond and the large ones will come and go. In the very early spring the females will go a short ways away from water, dig a hole, and lay eggs.
You may see them again later.
Of course if they were small enough for bass to eat......
