10 gallon Salamander tank

[alexander]

I decided that i will be getting a 10 gallon for Christmas and this will be my salamander tank.
What types could i get? i would like to have salamander who are easy to take care of and who are also aquatic (half water/ land)....
What will i need any information will be just great thanks

Oh 1 more question can i go a head and get a salamander and put it in 5 gallon for awhile until i get the tank set up?

 

[kaysie]

Triturus and Taricha are both semi-aquatic and would do well in a 10 gallon (2 or 3 Triturus, but only one Taricha would fit into this tank, mind you: do NOT put both species in the tank!!) If you get juveniles, putting them in the 5 gallon wouldnt be a problem, but it would probably be easier on you AND the salamander to wait until you get the 10 gal set up and functioning.

PS: http://www.caudata.org/cc/species/species.shtml this is where all our caresheets are. Happy Searching.

(Message edited by kaysie on November 23, 2004)

 

[kim]

Please also note... DONT put the ADF in with any newts, and DONT mix any species.

But good luck!

 

[alexander]

Hey im very intrested in the Tarichas....
I have a question ... what do i use for the ground part?Sand or earth? or gravel?
And what plants could i use for the tank? could i have some java moss?Oh and how much could these guys cost?

 

[alexander]

Thanks alright i was only planing on getting 2, Could people help me with these 2 questions?What do i use?Sand or earth or gravel?
And what plants could i use for the tank?Are fake better? Oh and how much could these guys cost? It's probably based on the type?

 

[kaysie]

It depends on what animals you get. if they're aquatic, I keep mine with scattered stone substrate (easier to clean than gravel), or if you get terrestrial animals, I use plain dirt substrate (no fertilizers, no pesticides, etc). I use real plants, mainly Pothos (it's in all of my tanks), but for that you do need a light source. Some people prefer fake plants for ease of maintainance. And cost is animal/seller dependent.

 

[alexander]

Okay thanks i have a few plants i going to try (out of the water) Elephant ear,Spider plant, Philidorthan plant (i think you spell it like that)
And maby a few live aquatic plants ... duck weed or maby onion plant or Anarchis.

 

[kaysie]

duckweed can be bad, they dont call it weed for nothing. But anarchis is good, as well as hornwort and various others.

 

[alexander]

OKay thanks, I plan on getting a plant pot (Terra cotta plant pot) to make a island is this a good idea?

 

[edward]

Actually I like duckweed in my enclosures at work. Duckweed pulls lots of pollutants out of the water fairly quickly. I just take a net and skim most of the duckweed off every week and then scrape down any that is dried to the sides of the tank.

Ed

 

[andrew]

I agree,i think duckweed is great in tanks, like Ed said it beneficial and looks great!

 

[kaysie]

But like Ed implied, it grows prolifically, and can sometimes be a pain. I used it in my fishtanks for some time, but it overgrew everything.

 

[alexander]

No problem... ill just take alittle out time to time and feed it to the goldfish they eat everything.
By the way tommorow im going out to get the little guys!