Is my set-up safe?

[jbherpin]

As I've said on (too) many occassions, I keep my Two-Lined Sals with Eastern Newts. They have been together a while now with truly no signs of stress. Again, as mentioned, they all feed regularly and otherwise live normally. My concern is, will a decline in health occur over time and not be able to be remedied? What signs should I look for to tell me something is wrong? Keep in mind they share habitat in all natural settings...? Does that even matter?

 

[Jake]

If the set up is big enough it might not matter so much. In the wild two lines and notos would not be touching each other. Usually the safest species mixing is done with two species of the same genus. There are plenty of factors that would decide if your newts are 'safe' together. As a general rule though, species mixing with amphibians is frowned upon. If you're worried about negative effects of species mixing then you should probably just separate the two.

Just my opinion, maybe others think differently.

 

[jbherpin]

Thanks, I think I'll do that(seperate them). Just to eliminate the possibilities of bad reactions.