Diamondback Terrapins

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jtmoney

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Here are my two young Diamondback Terrapins, they are in a 150 gallon aquarium:

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Nice,these are one of my favorite water turtles.Do you have yours in brackish water?
 
krichardson;4852194; said:
Nice,these are one of my favorite water turtles.Do you have yours in brackish water?

No they are not, they were raised in freshwater and generally when they are started in fresh they can live in freshwater without any problems. If they start to get shell rot or fungal infections, brackish it will be.
 
jtmoney;4852288; said:
No they are not, they were raised in freshwater and generally when they are started in fresh they can live in freshwater without any problems. If they start to get shell rot or fungal infections, brackish it will be.
Yep.The ones I had were captive bred and raised in fresh.
 
Nice. These are among my favorite turtles.
 
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