Beginners questions about fire belly newts?

[Azhael]

Elaborate land areas are a waste of time and space. Healthy, properly cared for newts of this species will behave almost or entirely,100% aquatic. The rare and short incursions on land require only a piece of cork bark. Sacrificing volume to land will only make make things more difficult...
Here you can see pictures of what is very nearly an ideal tank for Hypselotriton:
http://www.caudata.org/forum/f1173-...elotriton/79396-chenggongensis-courtship.html