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rachel
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Hello all,
When I first started working at the zoo, we had a vernal pool exhibit which was filled with 3 spotted salamanders, a marbled salamander, a red eft that never turned into adult form, and a few different frog species such as grey tree frogs that lived in the branches above the water.
Four and a half years later we just have the three spotted salamanders in a semi-aquatic tank with lots of hiding spaces, however we will be getting some adult red-spotted newts.
I want to rethink the exhibit. I would like to get a substrate that would allow more burrowing of the spotteds, and have enough water for the red-spotted newts to live in comfortably. We have had such species living together before with no aggression seen.
Any thoughts? I would want enough water for the red-spotteds but how do Spotted Sals do with deeper water?
Any thoughts would be great. My thoughts are to have a gradual slope to water as the sals have now, but then have a drop of within the pool to deeper water with live plants for the newts.
Thanks for your input.
Rachel
When I first started working at the zoo, we had a vernal pool exhibit which was filled with 3 spotted salamanders, a marbled salamander, a red eft that never turned into adult form, and a few different frog species such as grey tree frogs that lived in the branches above the water.
Four and a half years later we just have the three spotted salamanders in a semi-aquatic tank with lots of hiding spaces, however we will be getting some adult red-spotted newts.
I want to rethink the exhibit. I would like to get a substrate that would allow more burrowing of the spotteds, and have enough water for the red-spotted newts to live in comfortably. We have had such species living together before with no aggression seen.
Any thoughts? I would want enough water for the red-spotteds but how do Spotted Sals do with deeper water?
Any thoughts would be great. My thoughts are to have a gradual slope to water as the sals have now, but then have a drop of within the pool to deeper water with live plants for the newts.
Thanks for your input.
Rachel