Question about Elodea and Notophthalmus viridescens.

[EasternNewtLove]

I have the elodea with my newts in a 3 gallon tank. How much elodea should I have? Is there any limit? Like... does it over oxygenate the water or something? They are Notophthalmus viridescens by the way.

 

[Azhael]

3 gallons is waaaaay too little. The minimum recommended volume of water for one or a pair of small sized newts is 10 gallons. Anything less is very unstable and insufficient in every way.
You really need to upgrade the newts to a larger tank, with at least 10 gallons, but the more the better.

You can have very thick masses of Elodea. At some points i´ve had tanks literally full of it, with barely a small corner to drop the food in. Newts like dense areas of vegetation. It´s a good oxigenator because it grows fast, but there´s no risk of over-oxygenation or any such thing, don´t worry.

 

[EasternNewtLove]

Ok. I've had them in it for five years so it hasn't been a problem yet but, I do feel like its time for an upgrade since I added two more recently. Thanks for the help!