10 gal Juvie Set up

[andrea]

Here is my 10 gal juvie set up. Here are the specs:

10gal glass aquarium
hood
Small river rock substrate
Small palm plant in plastic dog bowl
Large piece of slate rock, secured under the gravel to hold the dog bowl down
Small whisper filter
Low water level
Occupants: Spot (c.orientalis eft) and Houdini (n.v.viridescens eft)

 

[leanne]

Here is important info pasted from the caudata.org information site:

Efts are entirely terrestrial and will require a moist woodland terrarium.

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Newts with other newts/sals:
Re: Newts toxin
Posted by Kei on November 08, 2001 at 07:26:44:

Most important things is every newts have own toxin and there toxicity is defferent. Specially corlorful newts have strong toxin. When I put marbled newt and banded newt togather, banded newt died only one day after with skin burning. So be careful to mix together.
http://www.kingsnake.com/forum/newt/messages/24563.html



Notopthalmus v. v. with a juvenile Pleurodele newt....
Posted by Al on November 08, 2001 at 16:36:41:

I had a Pleurodele newt that was the "runt" of the batch and was the last to morph. He was small and I literally had no place for him; all the other siblings were 2-3 times larger. I thought I would put him into my Red spotted newt setup. Well planted setup and the newts were the same size as the spanish ribbed newt (pleurodele). I also thought, hey this species is very "docile" and "mellow". To my surprise, the Red spotted newts ganged up on the pleurodele immediately and chase him around the tank! I had to keep this little guy in a generic setup until he put on weight.
http://www.kingsnake.com/forum/newt/messages/24575.html



Axolotl larva and Yellow spotted salamander larva...
Posted by Al on November 08, 2001 at 16:55:26:

I had axolotl larva and had one A. maculatum larva simular size. I needed space and thought I could buy some time if combined them for a week until I found the maculatum a permanant home. I knew Ambystoma larva not only eat other conspecifics larva, but also their own kind...I thought because they were the same size and the setup was large enough, it would be ok. Wrong...very dumb mistake. The axolotl larva swallowed the maculatum larva whole! He found a home alright...not what I had in mind. I felt very bad about this.
http://www.kingsnake.com/forum/newt/messages/24577.html



Re: my turn!
Posted by Thera on November 09, 2001 at 17:12:56:

before I started even goin on-line I put a PT with a a couple CFBs... Paddle tail+5 CFB= where'd they go? just skeletons were left.
JFBs and Taricha granulosa= bad too. My JFBs kept getting internal aeromonas infections.
CFBs and Easterns (pet shop account from when I started there). Easterns hid on land and starved to death avoiding the CFBs. Ah to be young and stupid.........
Species mixing=bad.
http://www.kingsnake.com/forum/newt/messages/24598.html



Newts Are Attacking
Posted by Nugget on December 15, 2001 at 18:38:35:

Right now i am having a big problem where my newts and a salamander are being aggressive to the others. I had a Jap. Fire Belly newt, Paddle tail newt and a tiger salamander. With these together i noticed that the fire belly ended up losing 2 legs(at different times). And the tiger salamander had lost a little tip of his tail (about 1cm lost). I had heard that paddle tails were aggressive so i seperated him. Every thing seem to be going good until i got an California newt today and the tiger salamander was trying to bite off his hind leg. Luckly i saw it and save the newt.
Right now i have the tiger and the paddle seperated from the other 2. I am wondering which one is the aggressive one? (or is it both?)
Any info would be helpful!
Nugget
Ps-The main tank is 15 gallons (long) and the tiger is about 8 inches. The others are about 5-6 inches long.
http://www.kingsnake.com/forum/newt/messages/24977.html



Who can live with Paddle Tail Salamanders
Posted by Joel on January 28, 2002 at 22:51:04:

Hi. I recently added 3 paddle tail newts to my tank of firebellies. The p-t's were way too aggressive and attacked the firebellies, african dwarf frogs and snails that I had in the tank. So I moved the paddle tails into their own tank and am trying to find what, if anything, will live with paddle tails in relative peace. They are extremely aggressive, but I would like to add at least a snail or algae eater. Any suggestions?
http://www.kingsnake.com/forum/newt/messages/25786.html



NEWT INJURY PLEASE HELP!!!
Posted by Joel on January 28, 2002 at 22:51:04:

My california newt is injured and has sores on its back and tail from a fight with a paddletail newt and i luckly i seperated the two. Right now my california newt is in quartine tank and I am just wondering if their are any medications in use? Can I use neosporin?
http://www.kingsnake.com/forum/newt/messages/27356.html



I think Fredrick has the right idea...
Posted by Dan on June 04, 2002 at 21:41:55:

Some can appear fine, but eventually something happens. Believe me, I had an Oregon and red-spotted newt in together for several months, and then all of a sudden during feeding the Oregon decided to chew on the red-spotteds head. I'm sure if you look around you can find other horror stories about mixing.
http://www.kingsnake.com/forum/newt/messages/29164.html

 

[andrea]

They have already been seperated, and the c.orientalis stays mostly in the plant and goes into the water to feed. Thanks for the input though!

 

[leanne]

Cool!