We've had a paddle tail newt now for about 5/6 years who was previously in a tank full of fish, caecilians, dragon gobies and all sorts and never had any problems with any of them.
About a month ago the tank experienced a white spot outbreak so we had to move the caecilians into a second tank and the newt into a new third tank (as the treatment was very likely to harm them).
We decided after it was all treated to put the caecilians back in the main tank but to keep the newt on its own in that new tank.
I've now taken over caring for the newt (as my dad mostly took care of the original main tank) and I'd like to get something else in the tank. I like the setup I have but it feels a bit empty with just the newt in it. Don't get me wrong, I love the newt to pieces but I'd love to get some extra activity going on in the tank.
I know that this species can get very territorial with other of its species (hence I'm not suggesting newts/axolotls etc), but I'm hoping that considering it spent 6 years in a tank with so many other fish, it wouldn't mind being with other fish, especially if they tend to gravitate to the top of the tank as the newt mostly walks about at the bottom. It might be better if the fish are a bit on the bigger size just in case, since the newt feeds via suction and its mouth isn't that big.
The tanks sits at about 21.5°C, so any fish recommendations would be great! In an ideal world, I'd like to at the very least have a Pleco of some sort in there to keep the algae levels down a bit.
Thanks for any help in advance!
About a month ago the tank experienced a white spot outbreak so we had to move the caecilians into a second tank and the newt into a new third tank (as the treatment was very likely to harm them).
We decided after it was all treated to put the caecilians back in the main tank but to keep the newt on its own in that new tank.
I've now taken over caring for the newt (as my dad mostly took care of the original main tank) and I'd like to get something else in the tank. I like the setup I have but it feels a bit empty with just the newt in it. Don't get me wrong, I love the newt to pieces but I'd love to get some extra activity going on in the tank.
I know that this species can get very territorial with other of its species (hence I'm not suggesting newts/axolotls etc), but I'm hoping that considering it spent 6 years in a tank with so many other fish, it wouldn't mind being with other fish, especially if they tend to gravitate to the top of the tank as the newt mostly walks about at the bottom. It might be better if the fish are a bit on the bigger size just in case, since the newt feeds via suction and its mouth isn't that big.
The tanks sits at about 21.5°C, so any fish recommendations would be great! In an ideal world, I'd like to at the very least have a Pleco of some sort in there to keep the algae levels down a bit.
Thanks for any help in advance!
