My New Tank

[Wyrd]

I got my new tank on Tuesday and have just put the newts in this morning.

We might have to have a change around, and get another tank

This is the tank, it is split into 2 sections

and some of my newts, they seemed to be following me with the camera

This is Golly, short for Goliath

Golly's Belly

Golly again

Drip

This is the bum end of Drip (just been testing out the boundary)

And Cass, short for Cascade

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[i_love_necturus]

The tank looks good, how many gallons?

 

[Daniel]

That's a nice tank!

When you got the tank two days ago and already put in your newts, you should regularily test your water parameters (ammonia, nitrite, nitrate) for the tank will have to go through a cycling process. And prepare to do some water changes the next time when the readings go up

 

[Wyrd]

Thank you

I emptied most of their original tanks water into it and then just topped it up, i figured it would be like a water change for them, but will keep an eye on things.

 

[radtad]

nice tank looks like you did your homework good job!

 

[andrew]

Nice looking tank. The paramesotriton looks like it good do with fattening up a bit, try some suitably sized earthworms,(lumbricus terrestris) taken from a pesticide free area ....they'll both go mad for them.

 

[Wyrd]

Thank you.

I have been feeding them frozen bloodworms, which all the newts seem to like, but they weren't chomping them down as readily yesterday when I fed them in the new tank and left some.
Its a lot easier to see them in this new tank, so I have obviously not been noticing how much they have been leaving in the other tank
They love live bloodworms so I might have to stick to them when they have bloodworms.
Will try some earthworms with them
I was going to try some meal worms with them, do you think they would be suitable? I read that they have quite a hard outer and wouldn't want to damage them.
What about wax worms, they can be fattening can't they? (don't want to fatten them too quickly tho)

 

[Wyrd]

Thank you for the tip about the worms, they loved them

Although due to the inability of one of my newts to see food, there are 3 stray worms in my tank Lets hope they find them.

 

[i_love_necturus]

Well don't leave those worms in the tank too long because they'll rot and spike ammonia levels. Also, three worms for one newt at a time seems like a bit much.

 

[Wyrd]

I have 3 newts in the tank, in 2 sections.
They had 2 small worms each.
My paddletail found the worm that escaped in her half on the tank and ate it, so she has had 2 worms all together.
My one warty newt had 1 worm, and the other one had one worm. 2 are missing in that side of the tank.
The worms were dropped in the area they were in, but got down in to the slate.

As my paddletail managed to get her worm, I will leave the worms in for a while to see if they get them, if not then i will remove them later.



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[andrew]

The worms will be a better staple than the live bloodworm.
As for the mealworms...i personally wouldn't bother, unless you want to get some and wait for the odd one here and there to slough. When they do this they're very soft and newts seem to love them, other wise they're really tough and also have those nasty pincer like jaws....some keepers will pull the head of a mealworm so as to avoid any possible damage they may cause.
The waxworms are okay as occasional treats but are quite fatty. Also, it's hard to feed aquatic animals waxworms unless your newts are tame and will eat from your fingers. Drop a waxworm in water and you'll see the fastest drowning you've ever seen....they seem to last a few seconds before they die.