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Post Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 5:01 am   

dry docking for so long?
What precautions i should take to prevent dehydrate?
My mapies had shell fungus so I need your guidance thanks~
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Post Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 7:51 pm   

Hi....

There are a few things you could do...

Get a turtle dock...like this:
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please note that the turtle dock is small..pic looks huge but is not...

or make a floating area or dry area where you turtle can go up on it and dry...

they need to dry their shells... like a lot!

a few places have different items... here is a webpage which has a few...

http://www.turtlesale [not reputable].com/home/index.ph ... -platforms

you can also google: [basking area] and find tons of pictures of it...

get a basking light and uvb if you can...

turtle dock, uvb light, basking light and light fixtures should cost you $50.00 all together and you will be set..for ever...

and you turtle will thank you ijijijiijijij
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Post Posted: Sat May 01, 2010 10:04 pm   

turtlebro wrote:dry docking for so long?
What precautions i should take to prevent dehydrate?
My mapies had shell fungus so I need your guidance thanks~


The cream should work quickly, if not then you would need to find a different type of treatment. I wouldn't be concerned about overnight dry docking if you're putting the turtles back into the tank during the day.
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