geesloper
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Hello everyone!
Aside from a very brief stint with an ill-fated axolotl a number of years ago, I'm new to the world of caudates (otherwise having experience only with fish).
I have just today picked up a juvenile (Chinese) fire-belly newt, and after having read the material available here and elsewhere, I had a few general questions I was hoping someone could help me with.
The environment I have for him is an Exo Terra terrarium that I've set up as a paludarium, with about 4" of water, a small turtle island for land, some driftwood (from an aquarium store), a small power filter set to the minimum flow rate (maybe 50 L/hr), and a couple of low-light plants that I've just stuck to the glass using Seachem's plant glue.
The filter pads come from an established aquarium, so hopefully there won't be any cycling issues, but I intend to closely monitor the water anyway.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated! My main motivation here is to make sure this guy has a better run than my ex-axolotl.
Aside from a very brief stint with an ill-fated axolotl a number of years ago, I'm new to the world of caudates (otherwise having experience only with fish).
I have just today picked up a juvenile (Chinese) fire-belly newt, and after having read the material available here and elsewhere, I had a few general questions I was hoping someone could help me with.
- I'm aware that newts will sometimes avoid the water when newly introduced. Given that they need to stay moist, how long should I wait before getting worried? I really don't want to handle him unnecessarily (more for his sake than mine).
- I've purchased a small tub of live white worm culture, but honestly even these seem a little big for my newt. He's very small - maybe an inch, head to tail. I know they only eat every second day (ish), so I'm guessing a single worm is probably fine?
- When feeding him, can I just drop a worm near him? Does it have to be on the land area, or in the water?
The environment I have for him is an Exo Terra terrarium that I've set up as a paludarium, with about 4" of water, a small turtle island for land, some driftwood (from an aquarium store), a small power filter set to the minimum flow rate (maybe 50 L/hr), and a couple of low-light plants that I've just stuck to the glass using Seachem's plant glue.
The filter pads come from an established aquarium, so hopefully there won't be any cycling issues, but I intend to closely monitor the water anyway.
Any thoughts would be much appreciated! My main motivation here is to make sure this guy has a better run than my ex-axolotl.