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[frogman]

Hey all, so after my fail of 9 unfertilized axie eggs. I have decided to get some Triturus Marmaratus juveniles from Tim on kingsnake. I have read the Caudata culture article and would like to see your adult and juvie habitats. The ones I might be getting are 1 to 1.5 inches In length. I have heard that people have different opinions on how to house them. I will be starting them out in a critter cage or a 10 gallon. Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

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Evan

 

[Wildebeestking]

I keep mine in a large 30 gallon rubbermaid bucket with a large driftwood piece, some moss, and weeds from my garden. I feed them blackworms, chopped earthworms and small worms, and isopods. I have an album of them on my profile if you're interested. They are probably the gems of my small collection.

 

[frogman]

I looked at your profile. I only saw a album of Plethodon Cinereus and eastern spotted newts

 

[Wildebeestking]

Hmm. That's weird. I have like five albums. Did you access my whole album area? Here's a pic of one of mine.

 

[Wildebeestking]

Just realized that it was a crappy picture.

 

[frogman]

Beautiful specimens. Who did you get them from? Or did you breed your own?

 

[frogman]

Oh I found it. I love this really bright one.

 

[Wildebeestking]

I got them from Neotonic_Jaymes. They're all beautiful. I p;an on breeding them by early next year. Perhaps we could swap some along the line to mix bloodlines? Marms are my favorite caudate right now.

 

[frogman]

Anybody else?

 

[frogman]

Here is what I am thinking about doing. I made this on google sketchup 8. It is to scale of a 10 gallon and everything. The plants arnt the same as I would really use.mbut it gives you a general idea. Do you guys like it?

 

[Molch]

I keep mine (10 of them) in a 20-ga long tank with ca. 2 inches of soil, moss cushions I collect outside and change out once a month or so, cork bark and some wicked moss-covered moose bones. Earthworms and isopods live in the tank. The earthworms process the soil and hide underneath bark and moss, where the newts find them. I also feed additional earthworms and blackworms on pieces of paper towel ca. once a week. Temperature is around 60 F. There's no lighting except some stray light from a nearby N-facing window. They eat and they grow, eat and grow. They've lived in there since they morphed in May 2011; they are now 12 cm and sexually maturing. The pics below are a few months old, when they were a bit smaller.

They are fat, gluttonous slugs and I loff 'em:

small attached pic shows the whole tank