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C.pyrrhogaster exhibit

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Taken at the Saitama Aquarium near Tokyo.
 
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Is that a Pothos growing in the water? I had no idea they could live like that.
 
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Sorry, I don't know a thing about plants myself. Maybe this'll help though: here's a pic of the same tank from the maintenance side:

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Lolo, this should give you an idea as to the size
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My god it's so deep!!!
I have to do something with my 15cm water???
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Indeed, it's rare to find such a deep tank when it comes to C.p exhibits. The keeper explained that he wanted to show the beauty of the vent of this species as the newts repeatedly swim up for air. The deepest I keep mine is 35cm.

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"Pothos" (Scindapsus) grows well like this, and in almost any other damp-ish conditions from 15-34oC. As long as it can get most leaves out of the water, it grows well trailing aquatically, but will not survive if fully submerged.
Given half-way decent lighting it grows like mad and is a great nutrient sink, but needs trimming frequently.
 
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The Cynops cyanureus tank at work is not that deep (about 25 cm but I would have preferred to make it deeper for much the same reason). Here is a pic of the cyanureus tank. (And yes it is a multispecies tank and has been for more than a decade with the same amphibian residents).

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What kind of fish are in with the cyanurus? looks like some kind of killifish but its hard to tell in that pic.
 
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They are a killifish. (Panchax (and yes they do eat newt and toad eggs).)

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Hey Ed, Did you do anything special to get the moss to grow on the driftwood?(Just my memory, I know you said something about the moss at IAD)
 
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The moss started in some of the peat moss that was used to pot the prayer plant (the fern came out of the same peat moss). I encouraged it to grow across the log and when it got thick enough added the antherium as a cutting. I just added a pepperomia cutting and an impatient cutting to add a little more height to the planting. The moss grows down into the water and has to be trimmed on a regular basis.

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