42 gallon stocking

[superfin]

Hi everyone.I have a 42 gallon tank with a couple of fish in but im begining to get bored with fish so I was wondering what my stocking option are in terms of amphibians (not axolotls or cynops orientalis as I already have them)


thanks

 

[Dcerdeiras]

There are literally hundreds of choices of species to choose from, though for an aquatic terrain environment, only newts are adapted to living underwater and they do need some sort of floating landmass.. Some popular species are eastern newts, california newts, japanese fire-bellied newts, and their subspecies and many other species, you just have to do some research.
The only thing you must consider are the species of fish you have inb the tank. some larger species will actually eat newts, while some smaller agressive species may harrass newts. I have had some problems in which platies and swordtails forced me to separate them from my california newt. Though right now, with far fewer and more mature fish in the tank, they now get along. Some fish have there personalities, so just keep an eye on them. But I wouldn't take the risk with large fish, fish with teeth, or highly aggressive fish.

 

[superfin]

Thanks for the reply.Sorry I should have specified that I will be removing the fish from the tank before adding any amphibians and also the filter was quite expensive and i cant return it so an aquatic set up is what I will probably go for and also I'm not limiting myself to newts and salamanders,I wouldn't mind having frogs,toads or any other amphibians in there.

 

[spendday]

I don't mean to sound too rude but I do disagree with some of the stuff in the post above.

Newts aren't the only things you could keep in an aquatic/semi aquatic tank of that size, mudpuppies, sirens other neotic salamanders (e.g. andersons salamander) or for something a bit different (but not a caudata) an aquatic caecilian.

If your thinking about a highly aquatic tank then there are plenty of newt species worth looking at, the entire genus Triturus, Pleurodeles, Paramesotriton and Pachytriton (although the last 2 genus's are known to be quite aggressive if not given enough space) the himalayan Knobby Newt is another species.

If your looking at making a real semi aquatic tank the rough skinned newts or kwei chow newts might be worth looking into or if your after something different a Hynobius species or something like like seal salamanders but both are pretty tricky to get your hands on in the UK

I always thought Californian newts were pretty terrestrial? I could be wrong though as I don't keep them.

and I would never recommend housing newts or salamanders with tropical fish due to the temperature conflict and possible aggression/stress.

also just a note (after reading back I thought I better add) please house species separately.:tongue: