Re: Adding some Musk into the mix
Musk turtles and diamondbacks shouldn’t be kept together for lots of reasons. For starters, DBT’s are brackish water turtles and musk turtles are not. Water depth is a problem as well. Terrapins like deeper water where musk turtles prefer more calm and shallower water. And finally, they are a different type of turtle all together. Their needs are nothing alike. Terrapins with terrapins, musk with musks, and sliders with sliders is usually the way I like to keep things. I suggest a quarantine period of 60 days. 1 week is not nearly long enough to make sure your new turtle is healthy and parasite free. A good cure for the algae is hydrogen peroxide on the algae and leaving the turtle to dry out for a substantial amount of time before re-entering the water. Keep UV lights off him while in the water until the algae is gone or the UV light will build it back up as fast as you get it off. Good luck and please re-consider the mixing of your 2 turtles. Musks are easy to keep in a 10 or 20 gallon tank by themselves and a small filter. John C.