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Triturus cristatus morphing

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Hi everyone in the next few coming weeks I am expecting my Triturus Cristatus Larvae to morph into juveniles. I am wanting to keep them aquatic and was wondering on how deep the water should be. I am thinking to make 1/3 of the tank a land area with no water in whatsoever and the rest of the tank 2/3 of water.. any advice and tips would be appreciated.
 
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Given the choice most of them would leave the water, but they are very easy to raise aquatically. I don't think water depth is important as long as there are enough plants in there, and I mean really crammed full so there's barely any open water. To begin with a land area or anywhere else they can fully dry out is not needed in my opinion, it will only encourage them to leave the water, but again there must be so many plants in there that they can almost walk around on top of them.
The ones I raised this way didn't climb the glass much and soon began feeding and staying submerged again, but they would spend long periods resting in the plants with just their heads poking out of the water.
 
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Thanks for the reply, so there's no chance on them drowning? I suggested adding a land area incase they drowned. I have ALOT of elodea plants so I'll plant their tank for them with that.
 
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