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Advice sought, what might be happy in here?

Fishumms

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Hello all. I have a 20 gallon high aquarium that once housed my Spanish Ribbed newts. They have moved to a larger aquarium, so I decided to do something new with this one. I filled it with dirt and now it's a terrarium. Well, I also put in a 2.5 gallon de-rimmed aquarium to create some water areas, can't help it. I was wondering if anyone and any advice on what might like to live in here. The plants have not fully grown in yet, and I have some leaf litter to put in as well, so keep that in mind, they aren't going in tomorrow. I have been looking at the Two Lined Salamanders, Eurycea cirrigera I believe, as they are small and mostly terrestrial, or so I've read. I have a good screen top for the tank so they won't get out. I would like to do a salamander as I have not kept one before, but if a newt species would work, I am curious to keep another one. Thank you all in advance.
 

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I think it would depend on the temperature range that the tank is exposed to. What would it be, approximately?
 

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The house stays within 68 at the lowest and 72 at the highest. We have central heat and air.
 

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I was trying to think what would use land and water regularly, but there aren't many, that's why people generally go for aquatic or terrestrial depending on species and/or season.
I don't have any experience with north american species, so don't know about slimy salamanders.
Some fire bellied toads would probably do well in there?
 
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Slimy salamanders don't go into water. They are an entirely terrestrial species, even breeding on land. My suggestion is a crocodile newt, because they go onto land more often than other newts I believe
 

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Very interesting. Thanks guys. I guess I wasn't thinking about newts since the ones I have don't seem to like land at all. More things to consider I guess. What about Eastern Spotted Newts? They are a lot easier to find.
 

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Eastern newt adults are normally fully aquatic under good conditions, and most of what you'll find will be wild caught.
If you want something for a tank like that, it could take some patience as most are fully aquatic or fully terrestrial.
 

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So, I saw some extremely beautiful blue tailed fire belly newts at my local store and I am now converting the tank back to a mostly aquatic set up. I'll post a thread about it when I get it done, and I'll link it to this thread too so you can see the final product. Thank you all for your advice.
 
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