Newbie here: My Tiger Salamanders

[TJ]

Just a few photos - they're still settling in (but seem to be smiling )...

Male Tiger...

Female Tigers...

Enough teasing - here's a complete shot of one of the females...

These are big salamanders - the male is about 25cm/10" long and females are about 28cm/11"...
Very active and have a veracious appetite - they each had a pinkie within minutes of being put into tank...

 

[kieron]

Great to seee you here mate

Nice tiger's

 

[christian]

Nice tigers, please post a photo of the tank they are in.

 

[TJ]

As requested, here's a photo of my 'Tiger Tank'

 

[ali]

Tim! Beautiful tank!

 

[michael]

love tank wonderful setup

 

[simon]

Fantastic animals and tank.

 

[christian]

I love your setup!

 

[Jan]

Tim - beautiful set-up and animals. Could I ask, however, with such a complex set-up, how often do you clean the vivarium and replace substrate? Is the process difficult with all of the plantings? How long have the animals been living in this vivarium?

 

[TJ]

They're in an old TropiQuarium 88 tank = 130 litres (34.5 US Gallons/30 Imp Gallons), L: 85cm/33.5" x W: 37cm/14.5" x H: 55cm/21.5"

I use eco-earth substrate, sphagnum moss, and fern along with cork bark hollow logs... Extra large exo-terra water dish, with pebbles so not too deep... I redo the whole tank ever month or so - everything is throughly cleaned and rinsed out replacing any bad soil/plants, etc (tank cleaned out with tamodine-e and throughly rinsed)... Water is conditioned with repti-safe and changed every day...

I've had them for about a month - They ate out of my fingers within minutes of putting in the tank; they now 'recognise' me and come to the front of the tank when i get close and 'beg' for food...

 

[kara]

love the natural display, they look very comfortable

 

[Jan]

Thanks Tim - I've always wondered about more complex set ups and how frequently they were actually cleaned. Sounds like you are doing a great job of it! Again, very beautiful animals and vivarium.

 

[chris]

ur cage looks so.......terrestrial..I love!! it!!

 

[TJ]

Here they are just before feeding time - coming to the front of the tank...

 

[simon]

That's a cute picture. The salamanders might actually prefer having a deep water bowl though, as long as it can be easily exited. At least, mine like to almost fully submerge whenever they do enter the water. The bowl is 4 inches deep, with a large rock. Again, great tank and animals.

 

[christian]

They are really cute, do they always come out of their hiding place at feeding time?

Really cool to see those tigers in a nice setup

 

[TJ]

They come out of their holes whenever I go near the tank...

They get up on their hind quarters when I feed them (like a dog begging for food)

 

[alexandra]

Wow!!! beautiful tank i want one!!! Do you know where you got the tank?That big plant..is that a fern?Do you feed them at a sertant time? I wish my newt came out to me

(Message edited by teenietop on August 23, 2006)