Urgent Care :: Discoloured shell, dont know what it is

[marbudy3]

http://www.redearslider.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=844

if u go to this link and read the replies and such, it doesn't say much. but my turtles have the exact same condition. i have proper filtering, healthy diet and proper lighting, what could be causing it?

is it bad, they seem fine, i mean they eat ad swim regularly. so i dont know if its bad or not?

[marisa]

How long have you had them? How bad is it? From the pics on the other post you have, it looks like shell rot.

[marbudy3]

how do i deal with shell rot??

and i've noticed with my smallest turtle, it has a white spot on its shell near its head. is that shell rot. another condition, the back of its shell is flimsy, i dunno if its just growing or shedding cuz thats the way it looks at the back. but as for the white spot, its rally tiny bout 1/4 of a shell scute. is that shell rot????

i have proper filtering and proper lighting and i clean the tank at least once every two weeks if not mroe often.

should i be letting the water sit for 48 hours before i put it into the tank. i read that thats only done for fish, do i need to do that for turtles as well.

[marbudy3]

i was reading other sites, i just read htat i could brush it. there was one white spot near the back and it ended up peeling off, i dont know how to describe it other than like peeling a thin layer of skin off.

as for the front, i tried the same, but a tiny corner of the front scute came off???

this has only occured in the tiniest ot my turtles. he's an inch long.