sean n dad
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Hi All,
Need some help/suggestions with this male. I have posted pictures of the pair & the setup. The female is plump and feeds well. The female swims around and is fairly active. The male seems to move about quite a bit, but I have been concerned about him, since he seems to have lost weight. I have them in a 30gal tank with a rock formation along the back of the tank. Water is temp is usually around 70 deg F/21 deg F. However I checked tank tonight and water temp is at 62 degrees. I have a finished basement and I keep all the newts here. The room temps bounces between mid 50's to high 60's. All the other newts, 3 Eastern Newts(Noto. viridescens), a pair of Tylototriton Shanjing, a pair of Kwiechowensis and a pair of Triturus marmoratus are all eating and doing well and are fed the same foods & keep in same room.
I feed these guys crickets, orange isopods, wax worms and cherry shrimp & scuds are in the water. I also feed them live glass worms, black worms & daphnia, frozen blood worms by Hikari.
I have recently isolated the male in a rubbermaid bin with coco fibre, cork husks for hiding places & a small bowl of water. Then added ispods, spring tails & 1/8 size crickets. So this way he gets all the foods.
If anyone has any suggestions please let me know.
Thanks,
Ed
Need some help/suggestions with this male. I have posted pictures of the pair & the setup. The female is plump and feeds well. The female swims around and is fairly active. The male seems to move about quite a bit, but I have been concerned about him, since he seems to have lost weight. I have them in a 30gal tank with a rock formation along the back of the tank. Water is temp is usually around 70 deg F/21 deg F. However I checked tank tonight and water temp is at 62 degrees. I have a finished basement and I keep all the newts here. The room temps bounces between mid 50's to high 60's. All the other newts, 3 Eastern Newts(Noto. viridescens), a pair of Tylototriton Shanjing, a pair of Kwiechowensis and a pair of Triturus marmoratus are all eating and doing well and are fed the same foods & keep in same room.
I feed these guys crickets, orange isopods, wax worms and cherry shrimp & scuds are in the water. I also feed them live glass worms, black worms & daphnia, frozen blood worms by Hikari.
I have recently isolated the male in a rubbermaid bin with coco fibre, cork husks for hiding places & a small bowl of water. Then added ispods, spring tails & 1/8 size crickets. So this way he gets all the foods.
If anyone has any suggestions please let me know.
Thanks,
Ed