HELP!!!

[david]

i have 3 chinese worty newts and 2 of them started attacking each other very violently today the temp of the tank is around 71 degrees F and its a 40 gallon tank. please advise i am really worried i separated the 2 that were attacking eachother by putting one of them into a spare 10 gallon i had set up.
thanks

 

[nate]

Warty newts are very aggressive by nature, so it's not an unusual problem at all. Males are more aggressive than the females and so if you were going to have 3 warties in a tank, it would be best to have 1 male and 2 females to reduce aggression. You will likely need to keep the 2 seperate from now on.

 

[cataldo]

I find these newts to bite each other , even in the head. I had one grab an arm of a partner and start twirlling in a circle trying to rip it off. This was during feeding time when they smelled food. Ive kept 2 together with no problem in a smaller 100% aquatic tank. I also had 12 together temp. but never tried for long term. In pet stores, where 15 will be together in a 20gallon,they basically hide and pile up on each other. from what ive encountered, Aggression will come *more* during breeding season and feeding time. But the "trio" mixture of sexes should help.

 

[alan]

I just bought two newts about two days ago. I notice one newt two is missing. The other one bottom lip seems to be missing. What should I do?

 

[john]

<font color="ff0000">Start a new thread please - don't piggy back old ones.</font>