northern skin fungus please help

Hi, I would suggest changing the water and added Acriflavin to the tank. As long as you have good filtration you shouldn’t have to change the water to often. You could add a little bit of salt but don’t go to crazy. Keep us posted. Jonathan http://www.diamondbackterrapin.com — ploy22@… wrote: ——————————— Hi, I just received two DBTs from turtle town, one northern and one concentric, the northern has some sort of a skin fungus. The turtles are about 4 weeks old, they were raised in fresh water and seem to be doing fine other then the infection on the skin. Can you guys please tell me: 1) what exactly is the problem (infection, fungus etc) 2) how can I treat him? I read all the sick turtle protocols on various websites but I don’t have all my questions answered. Is their a treatment I can put on, should I put him in salt water or will that make things worse later on (I want to keep in fresh if possible). If I put some sort of ointment on him should I dry dock? If so, for how long? 3) I’m putting him into a “hospital” tank I had set up incase of a problem, the water temp is 82, basking about 95. Should I add salt? Change water frequently? Any tips suggestions any information would be awesome! I posted some pictures on this turtle forum, here’s the link: http://www.turtletimes.com/Forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=17095 Also there are some pics in my briefcase, here’s the link http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/ploy22/album?.dir=/e51e&.src=ph&stor e=&prodid=&.done=http%3a//photos.yahoo.com/bc/ploy22 I also put some pictures in the photos section. Thanks for your help. D. Hendrick Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT ——————————— Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/diamondbackterrapins/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: diamondbackterrapins-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. =====