>>I have three developing eggs right now from parents that are quite red (male faded somewhat with age)...I'm curious to see those hatchlings!


My male adult western painted has a tendency to fade. I don't feed a whole lot of pellet foods and there aren't many mine will even accept. One day I was reading the ingredients on the Jurrasi Diet aquatic turtle brand food, says it doesn't contain soy which can bind calcium, I thought hey sounds good I'll try it.
To my surprise my painted liked it. About a month later I noticed how much his color had deepened.. it must be that pellet.
You might try a small cannister of that brand & see what happens.
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PHRatz

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