. Yes, your right re the name, sorry this is all new to me as we have only had him a very short time. I originally had him in an exoterra and was told he was a rock newt but quickly realised he needed more water than land. However, i could find nothing on Rock newts and with the help from this site I believe him to be paddletailed newt? I am worried he is going to get dehydrated and die in there, but each time I put him back in the water he goes back up there. He is eating everyday (worms, bloodworm and occasional cricket), seems active but not always in the water but climbing up the glass. We have a little platform on the left for land and sponge filters (run by air pump) so the current isn't too strong. Despite the current he still sits on the sponge filters a lot of the time! Do we need more hiding places for him? Is that why he's climbing to where its dark? I was wondering if sand would help? The second picture is where he goes, as you can see quite a way above the water line. I am unsure if he is able to get back out again as didn't want to leave him in there any length of time to find out and have to put him back in the water multiple times a day. Any help would be really appreciated.
. I was trying to sort his tank out early hours of this morning, used some slate that I had left over from our cichlids to create a hiding place. Also, put a black bin liner (in the abscence of anything else lol) around the outside of part of the tank to make it darker for him. So far so good, he's still under the slate! The water in the tank was sort of cycled for about a week, using some filter media from our fish tank and we used aqua safe too. Do you know of any care sheets for this species as can't seem to find one on here.
