JAK
New member
I am getting things ready for an aquatic set up for adult Notophthalmus viridescens. Nothing to fancy, bare bottom with a platform, sponge filter, and a few plants. I happen to live in the range of my newts and not terribly far from a reputable breeder, so I know where to get the newts. The plants I'm not sure about. The stores in my area seem to only have tropical non-native plants for sale. I could certainly wait for spring and order some native plants online but because I live in an area within the newts range I wonder if it wouldn't be better to just go for a walk in the bog and collect an Elodea or something. Now I know its generally a bad idea to take things from the wild but it's not we'll ever run out of Elodea... I tried searching the forum but couldn't find any threads on collecting native plants from the wild. Does wild collection of a plant or two seem like a good idea or a terrible idea? I'm not in any rush, so I could just wait for warmer weather and mail order a plant but it might be nice to make sure I'm getting a something appropriate to my newts.
Posted from the newt-phone!
Posted from the newt-phone!