r/RedEaredSliderCare

those white marks seemed to appear on the shell overnight, a few days after a water change. Turtle is spending more time basking compared to before. The overnight white mark appearance had happened before with this same turtle, also the day after a water change. Is this caused by water quality? Is this rotten shell? What should I do? A few weeks ago I started using tetra repto safe water conditioner to remove chlorine from tap water before adding in. Before then we used filtered water instead. I don't know if this had made a difference or was unrelated. Or could it be that the water change was stressful for the turtle so it developed sickness from that?

I got these babies about 5 days ago, and while I think they’re getting a pretty good life in my 500 gallon little pond , they’re not eating as far as I can see. Every morning I put them separated in these little bowls and feed them , so the food will be concentrated and easy to eat. The give them tiny pieces of lettuce , hatchling pellets , brine and dried worms.
They don’t seem to eat . I’m afraid to just put the food in the pond because I know the fish will just eat it up. What am I doing wrong ?