You explained this so well and straightfowardly, awesome job! (Idk if straightfowardly is actually a word but whatevs 😂) Also that throwback footage of your turts as babies was soooo cute. We need more of that!
Thank you thank you!!!! It's such a hard topic I refilmed it like 4 times 😂 I'll make a video of all the throwbacks of the little ones (although if all goes well, I'm going to be setting up a hatchling enclosure next week!!!) As for TSA work, I have another video to edit tonight for them, and I'm interning with them in the summer! WOO! Good to talk with you again 😊😊
@@DanTheTurtleMan_ hey buddy let me help you out here as a long time fish and reptile keeper and breeder heres a help fact ,, the measurement we use in brackish and salt are grams per liter ,,, so when your say ,5 to 1 thats five grams per liter of water ,, as in a salt tank we will say 10:20 that is 20 grams of salt per liter of water ,,, another way we keep salt levels is about a table spoon per gallon ,, now when you measure this out and look at it it seems like a lot of salt ,,, dont worry its not ,, and its much much better that what your way using is a hydrometer ,is best ,,, it measure just like i stated , it measures grams per liter ,,, an average marine tank is 10:20 ,,, to 10 :22 ,,, this varies for different areas and different creatures of course ,, ,,, or consider a brackish tank is half a salt tank ,,, and many many fish can bounce back and forth ,,, like scats ,, archers ,, mollys ,, tiger fish ,, toad fish ,, and many many more ,, hope this helps in some way , have a great day
I've just become a turtle mom, a red eared slider showed up in our yard a couple months ago, so now I'm a turtle person. I love the diamondback terrapins, they're so beautiful, with lovely personalities...someday I'd love to have a couple of these💕
Thank you Ed! I take care of them all myself. Part of the reason I've been absent is that it takes 45 minutes to feed them, and an easy hour and a half to do maintenance every week!
I volunteer at the Virginia Aquarium each week and have the privilege of working with the Diamond Backs they display. They rotate their adult terrapins between a freshwater (slight amount of salt added, I wouldn't consider it brackish) exhibit full of "coastal river" native fish and sliders, and a full-strength saltwater holding aquarium behind the scenes. Those that need special care for whatever reason are housed in freshwater. They are versatile of course as a coastal species and I agree with you careful acclimation is the key. Great video.
I've been waiting months for this! Lol ever since you teased the topic on Insta! Glad you're back! Jamaica is such a beautiful place! Glad you were able to get some R&R. College can be stressful and will eat you alive if you let it!
Great video and explained everything clearly.. btw I'm the one who asked you about keeping a dbt in freshwater on Instagram the other day :) Thanks for the response
I had both of my terrapins for 15 years and never once use brackish water at all, just fresh water with the basking light on for 8 and Uv light on for 12 hours
I have a group of hatch-ling River Cooters in a 70 gallon tub as yours. they are obviously in fresh water and out side during the warmer months . I have water hyacinths in the tub with them and it proves them with food in the form of plant matter, basking surfaces, and they also work excellent for keeping the water clean by using the nutrients in the water. i don't use any filtration at all. I was wondering if you would try and placing a water hyacinth in your brackish water and see if it thrives. I have read that they are tolerant of low levels of salt. great video !
Dan great video. I often wondered how you added salt. Thanks for the video. Btw if you got a patreon I'd support it. Anyway great content well organised and straight forward.
Can i just add a bit to salt to the water? My diamond back is far too often basking and barely in the water... Also he's 2 years old now and idk if he'd like this change. He has a huge aquarium btw.. How much salt should I add?
Just a short question, why do you use water softener salt and not marine salt? Wouldn't marine salt make more sense as it's not just sodium chloride that they need but also all the other minerals in marine salt?
Hey there! Simple answer, because it's cheap. Like dirt cheap. Also Terrapins don't need everything in marine salt, they just need the good ol NaCl and nothing else! The other minerals aren't necessary for them.
Could you let me know where did you get that huge piece of wood for your tub I’m trying to look for one to buy but I don’t know where to go please thank you
Hi Amanda! Concentric refers to skin with "squiggle line" patterns or basically anything but tight packed dots, and blue is a skin tone that stays blue. Therefore neither are subspecies, but rather labels given to different "types" in the pet trade. A northern can be regular toned, can be concentric, or blue concentric. Then again, a centrata can also be concentric or blue concentric. It's confusing I know 😭
That salt sells on amazon for 40.00 a bag. Home depot it's 5.89. yikes! And people are buying it on Amazon. Same size bag. Prime would be free shipping.
Hey I’m thinking about getting a diamondback terrapin and keeping it in freshwater with my other turtles. Have your fresh water terrapins been getting sick alot more than normal? Have they been healthy? Waiting to hear your feedback!
I have a question. If I get one of those cuties and decide I want him in Brackish water but the Terapin comes from a place where it was in Fresh water would it be bad if I switch to Brakish water?
DanTheGuppyMan I recently received a hatchling northern diamondback this morning and the water has gone musty almost instantly we were thinking about trying a different substrate what do you suggest
First I'm not here to undermine Dan - we have discussed BRACKISH at length in the past ! I have kept and bred BRACKISH water Terrapins since 2008.. converted to BRACKISH in 2013 and transition ALL hatchlings to BRACKISH at about 6 months of age. My East Coast YEARLINGS and older are kept in 1.012 - 1.015 with access to fresh [ at will ] to drink and eat in. [ it's in the set-up ] Ask Dan how to get in touch with me if you like - as you may guess I'm a BRACKISH water advocate. This statement is ONLY explaining credentials and experience. Thank you -- Terry aka turtletary since 2004. BTW Gulf Coast Terrapins are caught by "Shrimpers" in their nets -- while the Terrapins are grazing on shrimp [ in SALT WATER !!! ] I didn't teach Dan [ most of ] this - It should be titled ONLY BRACKISH Water for DIAMONDBACK TERRAPINS! Dan got it right when he said they live in BRACKISH in the wild. [ the lie about hatchlings and fresh water is exactly that - they start out BRACKISH in the wild ] - so why not keep them in BRACKISH water ? It's easier to maintain = fewer water changes needed.. BRACKISH water will not hurt your filter.. cost to filter [ size of filter ] vs fresh water is about 1/4 of cost to filter BRACKISH vs fresh because the salt kills the stuff that harms the BRACKISH water Terrapins. WELL EXPLAINED Dan! So take the PROS and go with them... and don't listen to the CONS that say it's too hard to go BRACKISH . It costs less $$$ and TIME to maintain your BRACKISH water Terrapins in BRACKISH water --- NOT TO MENTION IT"S NATURAL !!! [ wish Dan hadn't said that Brackish water Terrapins don't have to live in BRACKISH water at the end ] How long has this fresh water myth been going on is what I really want to know -- it's amazing what they say and do to justify keeping BRACKISH water Terrapins in fresh water !?!?
You explained this so well and straightfowardly, awesome job! (Idk if straightfowardly is actually a word but whatevs 😂)
Also that throwback footage of your turts as babies was soooo cute. We need more of that!
And you're working with the TSA? Love that!!!
Thank you thank you!!!! It's such a hard topic I refilmed it like 4 times 😂 I'll make a video of all the throwbacks of the little ones (although if all goes well, I'm going to be setting up a hatchling enclosure next week!!!) As for TSA work, I have another video to edit tonight for them, and I'm interning with them in the summer! WOO! Good to talk with you again 😊😊
@@DanTheTurtleMan_ hey buddy let me help you out here as a long time fish and reptile keeper and breeder heres a help fact ,, the measurement we use in brackish and salt are grams per liter ,,, so when your say ,5 to 1 thats five grams per liter of water ,, as in a salt tank we will say 10:20 that is 20 grams of salt per liter of water ,,, another way we keep salt levels is about a table spoon per gallon ,, now when you measure this out and look at it it seems like a lot of salt ,,, dont worry its not ,, and its much much better that what your way using is a hydrometer ,is best ,,, it measure just like i stated , it measures grams per liter ,,, an average marine tank is 10:20 ,,, to 10 :22 ,,, this varies for different areas and different creatures of course ,, ,,, or consider a brackish tank is half a salt tank ,,, and many many fish can bounce back and forth ,,, like scats ,, archers ,, mollys ,, tiger fish ,, toad fish ,, and many many more ,, hope this helps in some way , have a great day
@@lesterclaypool1 surely the marine salt is what people should use?
I've just become a turtle mom, a red eared slider showed up in our yard a couple months ago, so now I'm a turtle person. I love the diamondback terrapins, they're so beautiful, with lovely personalities...someday I'd love to have a couple of these💕
Welcome to the family!!!
We missed you Dan! Glad youre back, and straight off the bat with a topic ive been wondering about. This is why youre the king.
Thank you! I'm happy to be back 😊😊
Hey buddy! Welcome back! Congratulations on getting your job. We missed you and your turtles. Who takes care of your turtles? You are very smart
Thank you Ed! I take care of them all myself. Part of the reason I've been absent is that it takes 45 minutes to feed them, and an easy hour and a half to do maintenance every week!
The turtle girl sent me here and I love it keep up the good work!! :)
Thank you!!!!
Your welcome!
I volunteer at the Virginia Aquarium each week and have the privilege of working with the Diamond Backs they display. They rotate their adult terrapins between a freshwater (slight amount of salt added, I wouldn't consider it brackish) exhibit full of "coastal river" native fish and sliders, and a full-strength saltwater holding aquarium behind the scenes. Those that need special care for whatever reason are housed in freshwater. They are versatile of course as a coastal species and I agree with you careful acclimation is the key. Great video.
Thank you so much! Very interesting to hear how professional institutions do things.
This guy KNOWS turtles/terrapins!!!!
welcome back! great video. i am keeping my terrapins in freshwater for now
Thank you!!!
I've been waiting months for this! Lol ever since you teased the topic on Insta! Glad you're back! Jamaica is such a beautiful place! Glad you were able to get some R&R. College can be stressful and will eat you alive if you let it!
I'm working hard, but still leaving time for myself. If I had been doing videos on top of everything, I would've crashed in weeks. Thank you!!!!
Thank you so much! We have a terrapin at our nature center and this was extremely helpful :D
So glad you’re back
Glad you’re back!!
Happy to be back 😀
Hey Dan, awesomw vid as always. Glad ur back, happy Easter!!!
Thank you! Happy Easter :D
Great video and explained everything clearly.. btw I'm the one who asked you about keeping a dbt in freshwater on Instagram the other day :) Thanks for the response
Happy to help! Thanks for watching buddy
Nice to see you around...good video
Yesss your finally making videos again
Happy to be back!
I had both of my terrapins for 15 years and never once use brackish water at all, just fresh water with the basking light on for 8 and Uv light on for 12 hours
That sounds perfect. What subspecies?
and two years later he never got a response
@@amfvideos6810 yep, that’s how I do it son
❤️❤️❤️ You do you!!
Sounds very good. I will sure in a couple of months edit my comment when I get one.
I have a group of hatch-ling River Cooters in a 70 gallon tub as yours. they are obviously in fresh water and out side during the warmer months . I have water hyacinths in the tub with them and it proves them with food in the form of plant matter, basking surfaces, and they also work excellent for keeping the water clean by using the nutrients in the water. i don't use any filtration at all. I was wondering if you would try and placing a water hyacinth in your brackish water and see if it thrives. I have read that they are tolerant of low levels of salt. great video !
I kept my spotted in a tub with nothing but natural filtration. It works!!!
Great info
Grate job bro... You remembered to make brackish water video... Awesome... When can we See the TSA Video...
TSA video is up on their Instagram! Check it out here instagram.com/p/BuT2yY9lwCp/?igshid=1banal2fxhhyg (this is part 1 of 2)
Dan great video. I often wondered how you added salt. Thanks for the video. Btw if you got a patreon I'd support it. Anyway great content well organised and straight forward.
4:05 Turtle struggling in the background. You can do iiit! Lol
Congrats on getting ur job, I think ur the professor there in the shop where u explain things. :p keep it up!
Thank you!!!
Nice video,lot of info.👍👍👍
Hey could you make another turtle tub maintenance video I’m getting one in two weeks
Absolutely! I have a new and easier method I developed as well I can show off
Good video, thx
Can you do a pros and cons for owning an terrapins, thank you :)
Thank you for this video been so worried about adding salt to my turtles.😅
I would LOVE to support you in a patron but I'm a kid 😭😭 😭 but I looooovvve your videos they rllllllly help me
All good! Thank you!
I just go with brakish water because the wild terrapins in nj by my aunts house come from the brakish water bay
Good call!
I dont have turtles I have puffers but this was a cool vid lol
Thanks man!
You took SO long! 😡JK! We don't hate you...we love you! 👍
😊😊😊
what are you using for filtration in this ? i have a 110 gallon stock tank and my current filtration system is just not working well enough
Hi Dan
Waddup Hud!
Great video have any turtle available
Thank you! And no sorry I don't
Can i just add a bit to salt to the water? My diamond back is far too often basking and barely in the water... Also he's 2 years old now and idk if he'd like this change. He has a huge aquarium btw.. How much salt should I add?
How frequently do you have to change the water? Or you just clean the filter. Nice video 😍
Every week and a half! Thanks for watching 😊😊
This is my first time watching your videos I really like you turtles do you know where I can find diamondback turtles
Hi there! I would check on Facebook to be honest, as there's no one place to go right now to get Terrapins. Thanks for watching!
Hi I would like to know if Diamondbacks are good starter pets?
I heard its actually harder to convert from brackish water to pure Gatorade. It's got lots of electrolytes A.K.A. what plants crave.
Just a short question, why do you use water softener salt and not marine salt? Wouldn't marine salt make more sense as it's not just sodium chloride that they need but also all the other minerals in marine salt?
Hey there! Simple answer, because it's cheap. Like dirt cheap. Also Terrapins don't need everything in marine salt, they just need the good ol NaCl and nothing else! The other minerals aren't necessary for them.
Hi I was wondering where you got the tub you use for your terrapins in this video and how many gallons?
110gal, tractor supply!
What water chemicals go in that pond
Could you let me know where did you get that huge piece of wood for your tub I’m trying to look for one to buy but I don’t know where to go please thank you
Honestly this is just a piece of log someone cut into a 2ft piece I got! Look by local streams and rivers
How often do you do a water change? And what fish breed can I keep w a baby diamondback?
I change the water about once every week and a half or so 90%, and then I suggest guppies, mollies, or platies!
Hey Dan! Just found you! Do you have Northern Diamondbacks? Or are they blue concentric? Thanks!
Hi Amanda! Concentric refers to skin with "squiggle line" patterns or basically anything but tight packed dots, and blue is a skin tone that stays blue. Therefore neither are subspecies, but rather labels given to different "types" in the pet trade. A northern can be regular toned, can be concentric, or blue concentric. Then again, a centrata can also be concentric or blue concentric. It's confusing I know 😭
Ok good to know! Thanks so much for your help! Would you mind sharing where you ordered yours from?
@@amandachurch1942 I get them from a variety of breeders online or in person
3:03
much appreciated
That salt sells on amazon for 40.00 a bag. Home depot it's 5.89. yikes!
And people are buying it on Amazon.
Same size bag. Prime would be free shipping.
Can you convert a fresh water to brackish?
Yes you can! Just add salt :P :D
Hey I’m thinking about getting a diamondback terrapin and keeping it in freshwater with my other turtles. Have your fresh water terrapins been getting sick alot more than normal? Have they been healthy? Waiting to hear your feedback!
Ahhh, here we are…
First comment and great vid
Thank you!!! :D
No explanation needed for not uploading. We get you are in college and have to support yourself.
Thank you 😊😊😊😊
I have a question. If I get one of those cuties and decide I want him in Brackish water but the Terapin comes from a place where it was in Fresh water would it be bad if I switch to Brakish water?
Or is it better adding salt like you did?
You can easily go from fresh to brackish. Just add salt!
Hey Dan can I do this with my red ear slider hatching
No, brackish water is only for diamondback Terrapins!
what size tub is that ?
How do you add salt to freshwater
Ya just kind of pour it in, and use a refractometer to measure the salinity!
Thank you!
And do you have crushed coral at the bottom?
Yes I do!!!
What does it do?
@@kylerigdon9925 Adds calcium to their diet and hardens the water!
Wassup
Not much, how ya doin??
DanTheGuppyMan just did a water change but where do u recommend is the best place to get tanks from
@@Wil_1k eh, there's no real best place to get aquariums. Cheapest, craigslist. Assured to not leak, pet store.
Bro may i know ur water parameter ? Like TDS and PH ?
I don't bother with that :p
Hey the brackish myth about switching to fresh isn't true. Seen it done first hand with no prob.
Video starts at 3:05
Correct! Hence the timestamp I put in 😂😋
What saltwater ph?
pH doesn't really matter :p
DanTheGuppyMan I recently received a hatchling northern diamondback this morning and the water has gone musty almost instantly we were thinking about trying a different substrate what do you suggest
ooof that salt is like $25-29 a bag :(
Where at??? I get mine for $5 at Costco or Ace hardware for like $7. Walmart has it as well in FL
First I'm not here to undermine Dan - we have discussed BRACKISH at length in the past !
I have kept and bred BRACKISH water Terrapins since 2008.. converted to BRACKISH in 2013 and transition ALL hatchlings to BRACKISH at about 6 months of age. My East Coast YEARLINGS and older are kept in 1.012 - 1.015 with access to fresh [ at will ] to drink and eat in. [ it's in the set-up ] Ask Dan how to get in touch with me if you like - as you may guess I'm a BRACKISH water advocate. This statement is ONLY explaining credentials and experience. Thank you -- Terry aka turtletary since 2004.
BTW Gulf Coast Terrapins are caught by "Shrimpers" in their nets -- while the Terrapins are grazing on shrimp [ in SALT WATER !!! ]
I didn't teach Dan [ most of ] this - It should be titled ONLY BRACKISH Water for DIAMONDBACK TERRAPINS!
Dan got it right when he said they live in BRACKISH in the wild. [ the lie about hatchlings and fresh water is exactly that - they start out BRACKISH in the wild ] - so why not keep them in BRACKISH water ? It's easier to maintain =
fewer water changes needed.. BRACKISH water will not hurt your filter.. cost to filter [ size of filter ] vs fresh water is about 1/4 of cost to filter BRACKISH vs fresh because the salt kills the stuff that harms the BRACKISH water Terrapins. WELL EXPLAINED Dan!
So take the PROS and go with them... and don't listen to the CONS that say it's too hard to go BRACKISH . It costs less $$$ and TIME to maintain your BRACKISH water Terrapins in BRACKISH water --- NOT TO MENTION IT"S NATURAL !!!
[ wish Dan hadn't said that Brackish water Terrapins don't have to live in BRACKISH water at the end ]
How long has this fresh water myth been going on is what I really want to know -- it's amazing what they say and do to justify keeping BRACKISH water Terrapins in fresh water !?!?