Please help my Newts!!!!

Hi.
I bought a 40 gallon tank with 4 baby newts. Everything was fine for the first 2 weeks. Temp.60-70 usually in 68-72. I went away for a week and came back and temp. dropped to 48 and one newt had dicomposed. I heard they can survive at 40, but not reccomended. This newt that died never moved and neber ate. So I think he just didn't adjust.

Right now, there's 3 newts and i added 12 guppies and 6 ghost shrimp. Are guppies okay I got a list off the internet and they were not listed on it but the lady in the pet store said it was fine. She also told me the temp. should be 70-80 which is wrong.

The 3 newts dont move..One sits on a stick and the other two lay on plants all day. They never move or never eat. Tried blood worms, this other kind of food from pet store i forget name.brownish blocks similar to bloodworm frozen. None of the fish are missing either.
Anyone know what is wrong and how to help??

Any ideas would be great

Thanks

Glenn

tell us which species of newt this is-that will help us to help you

Try to keep the temperature as consistent as possible (preferably below 70 if they aren't doing well) and try live food items like crickets and waxworms. Best of luck.

I would start by removing the guppies and the shrimp and offer s 50% dry land 50% water setup(this works for all species - temporarily at least). You need to tell us what species you have...

and give them earthworms...

i have 2 firebelly's.. started out with 5.. i was in the same boat as you.. i had tetra's and 5 newts.. they never touched water once... i changed the whole set-up.. colder water.. its at 17-18 degrees consistantly! feed them earthworms with tweezers.. take those fish out, as far as i know a white cloud is the safest thing for them. they arent going in the water because they are stressed. warm water can do that, and other fish that they arent comfortable with. take everything out, drop the water temp. and feed them live foods. try that out, wait a week or so to see if there is an improvement, if all else fails.. nudge the critters into the water.. they might take it on.

how much water is in the tank?

hey guys
sorry. I have 3 Firebelly Newts..Forgot to mention that.
I bought some waxworms and they ate them immediatelty. Only one of the Newts did not eat, I will try feeding them again.

I turned the filter off and they seem to be moving around much more.

The guppies and Ghost shrimp are bad for the newts??? I heard that it good to add them. They eat the uneaten food and the newts will also eat them??