Help!!!! Marks on Newts

[glenn]

Hi everyone
I have 3 Firebelly Newts in a 44 gallon tank.
About 12 guppies and 6 ghost shrimp in the tank as well.

1 of the newts i noticed has a mark that looks like a cut on his back, this appeared after I found one newt dead after I left them alone for a week. I dont know if they ate the newts and there was a fight or if it is a disease?

It it getting better. But now a second newt has a tiny mark on his body above the tail and a chunk missing from his tail.

Anyone have any ideas of what is going on?? Could the fish or ghost shrimp be doing this? Or the other newts?

I was gonna put them with dozais fish but the pet store said they are too fast for the newts and guppies were better...I disagree now

Any help would be appreciated

 

[brandon]

hey. well i would say the ghost shrimp should go... and the guppies aswell. the best and pretty much only fish that should be put in with firebelly newts are white cloud minnows. i have about 20 of those little guys in my tank now with my two firebelly's and there isnt a problem at all. no stress. they even like to chase the fish and if they are fast enough eat them. that is my suggestion.

 

[glenn]

Thanks.....I have got rid of all the fish and ghost shrimp...

Wil try some white cloud minnows...
Anyone else experienced a problem with guppies or ghost shrimp? or are my newts just eating each other ??
I feed them waxworms and tyring some tublefex worms tommorow...So they are eating enough