Cynops cyanurus setup

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Willlis

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Here are some pictures of my first attempt at a full fledged Cynops cyanurus setup. I was doing a water change and decided to take some pictures. I would love to get your thoughts. Obviously its going to take some time before the plants fill in some more but I think its fun to watch that happen. The tank is only a week old. The newts seem to approve.

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Wow! Looks good! It looks similar to a shrimp setup i had, but with a full tank and no wood! :p
 
nice, but I would add many more plants. You could use floaters such as Elodea or hornwort. The newts will love it and it will help prevent algae outbreaks
 
If you look in the bottom right corner you will see some elodea sp. but I agree I need to pick up some more plants still. Added some cuttings from an amazon sword tonight and did some changes. I'll post a new picture soon.
 
Well they started laying eggs. I found about 10 in the cage tonight, just not sure if I want to pull and raise them right now. I still have a good 25+ N. kaiseri larvae going plus my I. alpestris look like they are going to lay and I'm still holding out hope for the Tylos. Too many newt babies!:D
 
Willlis said:
If you look in the bottom right corner you will see some elodea sp. but I agree I need to pick up some more plants still. Added some cuttings from an amazon sword tonight and did some changes. I'll post a new picture soon.
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Looks like the native stuff. Elodea canadensis
 
Yes it is the native stuff thanks.

Thought maybe I should put up a FTS, though I really should have cleaned the glass. Oh well :eek: I'll try again sometime.

 
Haha, too many newt babies. Hope they don't have guns in their hands this time.

See you've addes some Pistia stratiotes. Really love those. Congratulations with the eggs!
 
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