Question: I'm new to rough-skinned newts... Help?

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Hello I am Andrew, i'm new to this forum. I found it while looking at newt setups. I owned fire-belly newts for 10 years and they were relatively easy to appease. However all non-native newts and salamanders have been prohibited in my state (Washington). So I decided to buy a fishing license and I can have up to 4 newts from the wild with this license. I am going to use a 10 gallon and a 40 later. Currently I have roots in the tank that were sanitized and local plants because I want the enclosure to look native. Well in the plants there were hyalella azteca and new zealand mud snails. I also may have amur gobies or loaches in there, because they are invasive around these parts. I use a power head in the enclosure and am getting a sponge filter ready.

Anyway just wanted to give a summarization of where I am so far... if anyone can help I would love it.

 

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also planning on using live insects like earthworms and the hyallela, etc.

 

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New installment drained the water. Threw out the watersprite. For whatever reason my goldfish that were to age the tank were getting sick. So I will let sit for awhile and re-add safe water when all is evaporated