A few pictures of Lenny

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ken

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Now before I post the pictures, I know they're going to annoy everyone because I allow different species to cohabitate. Before anyone freaks out too much, let me just say that my tank is 36 gallons with plenty of hiding places for everyone and very peaceful. Everyone gets along fine and Lenny is King of the tank. He doesn't take any guff from anyone.

<u>Picture One</u>
Lenny and friends at feeding time. Lenny gets first dibs on food and everyone else hangs back and waits. If anyone gets too close, Lenny starts hopping up and down until they back off.

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<u>Picture Two</u>

A shot of Lenny from the side fetching bloodworms that have been kicked astray. Pardon the image quality but as you can see by the reflection in the tank these are taken with my webcam.

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<u>Picture Three</u>
Lenny leaving the scene. This was going to be a great picture until I went to take it and he decided to leave at that moment.

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As you can see, Lenny is quite plump and eats voraciously as do his other friends. If there are problems I'll happily separate everyone, but for now everyone is getting along just fine and have been for almost three months now.
 
Wow, I am suprised no one has commented yet. I like the pictures, but isn't the water a bit cold for the otos?
 
Whats the frog doing in there? I'm surprized that there's a happy coexistance with the newts, this shouldn't last long.
 
yeah, im surprised that there havent been any issues yet...

maybe the tank-mates knew eachother in their past lives!!
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well knock on wood, hopefully there wont be any issues! Nice tank by the way.
 
I would think 72 degrees would be a bit warm for the newt, but if he seems happy! good luck!
 
I keep my oto tank at about the same temp maybe 70, the otos are fine - I'll be putting C.o. in there soon.

I don't think if would put in adfs though, mostly for their own sake, hehe.
 
There's actually two frogs in the picture, the male is behind Lenny and the female is between two rocks in the foreground.

When I first put everyone together, there was a bit of a tussle, but no biting or anything. Once they figured out who was boss (The Newts), everything has gone swimmingly since.

Thanks for the compliment on the tank Heather, that's only a very small part you can see. I have feeding areas in the two front corners that have very little or no sand in them (other than what gets kicked in by the frogs) just bare glass, and are lined by rocks. Much easier to clean that way, and by having two areas I can spread out the food and avoid fights. The tanks is planted with wisteria, java moss, and a vine from my garden which has grown insanely since I put it in the tank. I recently changed my setup totally, removing the land portion which was made of soil and made a terrible mess since the frogs discovered they could burrow in it. Now I have a turtle dock as an island, with rocks and java moss on it, as well as a 10 inch log floating in the water.

There are rock caves, and tons of wisteria near the surface so there is plenty of escape or hiding areas for all the inhabitants if there is trouble.

I did have to remove my smallest newt from the tank today as he was staying on the log and not eating so I assumed he wasn't getting any food due to competition. After removing him I discovered he was in mid shed so I'm guessing that's actually why he was being anti-social. I'm going to keep him separated and fatten him up for a bit before returning him to the tank.

I should have made sure there was a snail in the picture too so I could have freaked everyone out even more about species co-habitation.

Since I've set up the tank, the frogs and the snails have mated..the snails several times. I'm waiting expectantly for the newts to get romantic but I haven't sexed them yet so I may not have a pair. My littlest one is far from mature enough for lovins, but here's hoping that one day all my critters will reproduce. That's what I call a successful tank, one that encourages life, not just supports it.
 
Shedding isn't a particularly long or particularly terrestrial activity, it shouldn't affect a newts behaviour too much. Your little newt is probably still a juvie, and a land lover.
 
What I meant was that newts don't go on land to shed and that shedding is probably not the reason why the newt was hanging out on the log.
 
African Dwarf Frogs need tropical temperatures, they're originally from the rainforest, so 75degrees F+ is a definite must for them :\ Check out www.aquamaniacs.net - they have a forum dedicated to Aquatic Frogs :D (haha, yay, a subject I can claim to know about ;))

Nice pics though!
 
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