Diamondback Terrapin

[loconorc]

I'd like to do these in a nice pond one day, they live only an hour or twos drive east, so the climate should be pretty close...

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[Miguel]

From what I've heard, captive bred animals can be kept in freshwater but you have to watch out for shell-rot and skin fungus. Brackish water seems to keep these problems in check. Wild caught animals have to be kept in brackish water but can be slowly introduced to water with less salinity over time.

Exactly. As usual, with Seth.

 

[SimonL]

I keep mine in full freshwater with a bit of aquarium salt (like all my turtles). However, I had fungus in the tank once and the diamondback got it the worst...

 

[greyhoundfan]

Lovely .. double post.sorry.

 

[Vicious_Fish]

I keep mine in full freshwater with a bit of aquarium salt (like all my turtles). However, I had fungus in the tank once and the diamondback got it the worst...

Yeah, diamondbacks really have to have pristine water if you're going to keep them in FW. Most breeders keep the young in FW for the first few years of life and then slowly change it over to Brackish.

 

[DJC776]

Keep my 3 in brackish water. The only problem I have had is that the largest has nipped the tails off the other 2 so have had to separate them; not happy

 

[Mad About Cichlids]

These two has always been kept in full freshwaters, even when they were in my possession. I gave them to my buddy because they were starting to develope a taste for cichlid tails.