RES with algae on shell?
Dear WWM Crew, I have searched your site (very nice! and quite informative) and the internet, but I can’t seem to find the information that I’m looking for. I hope that you can help me. I have a red-eared slider that I purchased in Sept. this year, as a pet for my kids. He appears to be healthy, happy (as long as I feed him in the tank) and he’s about 4 1/2 inches. Last week I noticed a couple of dark green/bluish green spots on the edge of his shell. At first I thought he might have injured his shell as he likes to dive off his turtle dock (he displays the typical RES dislike for spectators when basking) and he sometimes crashes into the side of the aquarium. But on closer observation and after 1 week+ time, the shell appears to be in tact and unharmed, just discolored. He also has a couple of spots on his back, and now his turtle dock has the same color green stuff growing on it. I suspect it’s just algae, which should be fine (right? unless it becomes excessive?), but I can’t find a
