Newt Toxins on Plants?

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So for a few months I had a pair of notos in a 10 gallon tank. Now I'm looking to use the sponge filter, the java moss, and possibly the substrate for tropical fish. I know these newts are toxic, do their secretions get on the enclosure furniture? I don't want to harm the fish. I'm going to sterilize all of it with hydrogen peroxide though so bacteria and parasites aren't an issue.
 
Newts don't normally secrete their toxins unless they are stressed. And any toxins would be broken down in a healthy tank with plants, etc. If it were me, I wouldn't clean or sterilize anything, unless the Notos died in there and I suspected something contagious as the cause. Non-cleaning isn't because I'm lazy, it's because it preserves the beneficial bacteria and other micro-fauna that make a long-term tank a healthy place.
 
Great, I guess I don't have a fist sized chunk of poisoned java moss then.
 
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