One of my Tylototritons.

[edward]

I held off on any pictures until they began putting on weight and feeding well.

 

[shaun]

Is he/she shedding?

 

[mike(nathan)]

It looks like it. What are you using to cool the tank may I ask? Nice taliangensis!

 

[edward]

Yep its shedding (although off the top of my head I think that is one of the two females).

The tank is in my basement close to the floor level where the summer high was (for two years in a row) 74 F (23.3 C). The temperature in the tank today was 64 F (17.8 C) and I expect to be in the 50s before the middle of December.
Ed

 

[shaun]

Just curious - what temperature range do you reccomend for overall health? I generally don't worry about temps so long as nothing goes over 70 degrees, but it's hard to regulate as I live in an apartment. Right now my tank goes between 59 and 68, but it's usually around 65. Also, what are you feeding them?

 

[edward]

Hi Shaun,
I'm not the expert with these species (although I bred shanjing at work a number of years ago) but as I understand it temps in the low 70s are necessary to stimulate reproduction with this species. I do not tend to worry unless the temps are going to exceed 75 F for most caudates and there are a number of species that I don't worry about unless the temperature is going to exceed 80 F (such as Pseudobranchus). I've been feeding them chopped up nightcrawlers from tweezers.

Ed