Eastern Newt - tankmates?

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I have read all about how it's bad to keep newts with fish, but I know there are exceptions and I'm wondering if my idea might work.

I want to set up a small 10 to 20 gallon aquarium and get a sponge filter with the good biological bacteria already in place from my local pet store. Then I'm going to buy some bait-shop minnows and put them in the tank with the sponge filter. When I'm confident that they are healthy and have been eating premium flake foods, I will introduce an eastern newt or two. Does anyone have any reccomendations on what minnows would be the most peaceful? I might order some blackstripe topminnows from Zimmerman's Fish - North American Native Fish or I might just go with guppies. I don't want to get anything with spines in case the newt eats them, but I'd like to stick with North american fish if I can.
 
ooh I'd stay away from bait shop minnows. Only because they are often disease filled, and sometimes grow up to become something much larger than a minnow. Make sure you know exactly what species you're getting, if you do decide to go with that. Other than that, I have no experience or advice, but I have been wanting to set up a North American fish tank someday, this zimmerman's site is pretty cool!
 
I recently came across rosy red minnows. So far, the N. Viridescens and the fish seem fine. The minnows are too big for the newts to munch on.
 
I keep a mystery snail, and 2 zebra nirate snails, with my eastern newts, who have all gotten along for about a year now...
 
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