Need help

[shinobido]

I have a 80cm x 30cm x 40cm tank that is half land half water.ca this tank house 2 adult pairs of Tylototriton verrucosus or is it too small?the water part is about 35 litters,do they need more water than that?

 

[Lusiwarrior]

For two pairs adult needs a minimum of a tank with these measures: 60 cm long x 30 cm deep x 40 cm tall. It is a question from doing a mathematical operation!

 

[Joost]

your tank will do fine for 2 pairs, but you can increase the waterlevel, as they are almost fully aquatic. Just a stone or piece of wood, what sticks out of the water will do fine, along with a piece of corkbark floating

 

[shinobido]

i want them to have a nice land area to explore and of courde to look nice. i wasnt sure about the amount of water

 

[aramcheck]

T verrucosus are very aquatic, and will seldom be in the land part. So unless you are using a shelf for the land part, with a free volume of water under it, you are just reducing the useful volume for them. Like Joost said they really only need a haul out point (either an emerging branch or a floating island), the rest might be esthetical pleasing, but will be of little to no use to your tylos...

 

[Otterwoman]

I have a pair of Tylo. verr. and they have a 40 gallon 50/50 tank. They spend at least 1/3 of their time in the land part, and not just seasonally, but all year long. The only time the female stays in the water all the time is when she's laying.

 

[Lusiwarrior]

Yes, a generously sized stone or a cluster of trunks you can resolve the situation, or else you put as you but smaller. Have fun with the changes!

 

[shinobido]

i just love the idea of a planted land area so i'll just use a bigger tank.my c.pyrrhogaster love to spend time on land so it would be a nice idea i think

 

[Lusiwarrior]

Yes, if you have availability to do so, and if you like I do not see why not! Since they have the amount of water that you need to create a dry zone, but never leaving giving animals what they need so that this or that is more beautiful!