Re: Salt vs. Fresh
If you’re keeping dbts in an aquarium and only have one or a few, it may not be more difficult to keep them in salt water. But when you keep them in outdoor ponds, it becomes a different matter. You don’t want to recycle that water by watering the landscape. You need to flush it away. In the wild dbts live in a range of fresh to salt water. It appears that they must drink fresh water to survive. Do they need salt water? So far, I would say no. Based on they seem to thrive and do well in fresh water only. I have 3rd generation dbts now raised only in fresh water. Does salt help keep down infections? I would say yes. Is it worth it to maintain them in salt water? It seems they can go either way. (Haven’t stated my 2 cents in a while, so here it is again for new dbt lovers.) -Rick Van Dyke draybar@… wrote: