Firebellied Newt Setup

[joanne]

Hi. I've just got myself 4 chinese fire bellied newts. I have them in a temp setup, and am going to move them tmrw. My question is, how deep should the water be and how big should the landed area be? Thanks

[paul]

The land should be big egnuf for the newts to haul up on. And it , i dont think, dosent matter for water depth.

[joeri]

My firebellies stay 99% of their time in the water. A small landarea will do, like a piece of wood. My waterlevel is 15cm.

Don't use a filter, in my experience firebellies are stressed by it and will stay more often on the land area. Frequent water chances will be sufficient to keep your tank clean.

[hayden]

Joeri,wow our Fire bellies are different...I had to lower the water level in the tank cause all they did was sit on the small peice of land i had...Then when i put the filter in...They seem to lounge around the filter input in one of the plants...I have it about 8 inches deep...They seem to like it that way...