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Ken Worthington

Ken Worthington

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Hi, I thought I'd share this video I made today :happy:

YouTube - Pleurodeles waltl "Julian"

I've had the pleasure of looking after 'Julian' for almost a week now, and he's settling in very well.
He's active, and has quite an appetite, which is great. :D

The water parameters have remained in the 'healthy' area (I'll do a 20% change tonight as the gravel could use a vac).

And yes, I must remember to clean the outside of the glass before attempting to film :rolleyes:

I hope you enjoy the video, and welcome your comments ;)
 
He's über-cute and has the swimming style as one of my JFBNs female! :happy:

Aren't you worried that he might swallow the gravel?
 
Hi Eva

Glad you like Julian! He/she's entertaining little chap!

The substrate in the tank is what I'd call 'fine-gravel/coarse-sand' in that it's 'play-sand' which has been through a 2mm sieve.

Do you feel that is suitable?

Thanks :happy:
 
Hi, Ken,
I'm no expert but it looks quite coarse, especially in your avatar picture.
I've just put some Homebase playsand into my tanks and I'd say it looks a lot finer, kind of like beach sand. I can see the newts' traces in it.
If you have any doubts you should probably ask a separate question and some more experienced keepers will tell you. I suppose you've read about substrates on Caudata Culture.
Hope I didn't spook you unnecessarily :happy:
 
Thats one crazy cool newt!! Thanks for sharing!!!
 
Awwwww....Ken I love him and all those plants! He is wonderful! Such a happy looking fella'! I have been considering 1 or 2 myself...think you just helped me make the final decision! :D
 
Awesome video clips!

I was about to get a couple Walti but I had my money tied up in going to MARS which was planned before the purchase and then I dished out a 1k some odd dollar vet bill for the dog and allergies.

I'm still crossing my fingers I can complete the deal.


I really like the Walti and yours look so happy!
 
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    Dear All, I would appreciate some help identifying P. waltl disease and treatment. We received newts from Europe early November and a few maybe 3/70 had what it looked like lesions under the legs- at that time we thought maybe it was the stress of travel- now we think they probably had "red leg syndrome" (see picture). However a few weeks later other newts started to develop skin lesions (picture enclosed). The sender recommended to use sulfamerazine and we have treated them 2x and we are not sure they are all recovering. Does anyone have any experience with P. waltl diseases and could give some input on this? Any input would be greatly appreciated! Thank you.
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    sorry I am having a hard time trying to upload the pictures- I have them saved on my hard drive... any suggestions-the prompts here are not allowing for downloads that way as far as I can tell. Thanks
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