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    Firebelly Salamander missing

    I have tried to look in the tank today for my small fire salamander to show my grandkids. I cant find it anywhere. Do they bury themselves in the soil. The tank has about 3 inch of cocosoil coir and a lot of oak leaves and hiding places. I lost one and dont know if it has buried itself in the...
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    Is tank overkill

    This is my tank for my firebelly salamanders. There are two small and 2 larger ones in there. I have taken a vid of it and have just sprayed all the moss and plants. The substrate is cocosoil / coir, there is ivy, geranium and a couple of other border plants. There is a couple of plastic plants...
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    Salamander tank humidity

    I have my tank with salamander S.s. Terrestris in. There are 4 of them. There is plenty of mosses, logs with moss on, plants and a water bowl. I placed a humidity / temperature thing in there that has been in the fridge for the past 3 years to check the fridge temp. I spray the sals tank with...
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    Question: Duck weed in shrimp ytank ?

    I saw a post on here somewhere and put a reply to it, but cannot find it. So I read shrimps can go with newts but may (probably will) get eaten. I have just bought a load of red cherry shrimp. Someone local to me is selling them at 2 pence each. I dont know how many I got, but I gave him a...
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    My new Sals pics

    These pics are of one of my Salamanders. I took these the day I got two but this one was out hunting crickets. They arrived Yesterdy, Saturday 29th October. They are in hiding now as new to the tank and surroundings.
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    Oak leaves

    Autumn is coming and the trees are starting to shed their leaves. I am thinking of going to the park and collecting a lot of oak leaves for my newt and salamander tanks. Do I have to do anything to the leaves before putting them in the newt tank. I just hope there are no mites on the leaves...
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    Newt skin

    A simple question. I think I know the answer as yes, but I will ask anyway. I think it would help others too. I have 2 x chinese firebelly newts in the aquatic tank. One seems very plump around the middle. But I am not overfeeding them. I have just saw something black / dark grey colour...
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    My new sals.

    I have bought 2 Fire Salamanders from Germany. They arrived today and are very nice and a good size. They are 10 months old. Already, they have been hunting the crickets in the tank. The crickets are worried because nothing had been chasing them at all until today. lol.
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    New floating dock

    I bought a floating dock today with an eco terra hollow rock hide the rock hide is massive but the floating dock is big and quite good. I had to arrange the tank out to fit it in. A lot better than the one I made. Lol.
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    How do I get a baby newt to eat

    I have a baby newt, it is terrestrial and a Japanese Firebelly newt. It is my favourite one with an orange stripe down its back. How do I get it to eat. I have tried pinhead crickets, chopped up earthworms, wax worms, bloodworms, whiteworms, baby woodlice and it still refuses to eat. It turns...
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    Question: Succulent plants

    I am finishing off my tank for fire salamanders. Are succulent plants ok to put in the soil. I am thinking the rockery sort, not cactus type. I have hides, branches, soil and mosses in there and a plastic plant. I have put some woodlice and crickets in there too. There are some adults and baby...
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    Newt tank adequate I hope

    I have moved the Japanese firebelly newts into a tank so they have plenty of room. I hope the interior is adequate for them. It is a semi aquatic setup with water one side and land the other. The land part has sand on the bottom, gravel on the sand, mesh on the gravel then coco coir on top...
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    Loads of slugs

    I have a load of small slugs in my garden. The frogs that are about dont seem to be eating them. They are a bit too big for my newts. Would it be worth getting a salamander to eat them. It would be easy going out at night and picking loads up for one. Would salamanders eat small slugs. I dont...
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    Is it fully aquatic

    I have 2 CFB,s and have put them in my tank with water and a floating dock with plants etc. One I think is fully aquatic and the other may be thinking about it still. The one in water has eaten and the one put went for a worm as it wriggled and missed. So it did not eat and went off it. I am...
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    My new family members

    Here are some pics of my new newts. First are the babies I got from this site. Second and third are the 2 adults I got today. Also from this site. All are doing well. Babies hiding as expected and adults have a swim now and again. Mostly sitting on moss on the platform.
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    2nd tank for set up

    I have a 2ft tank for setting up for two adult chinese firebelly newts. I am thinking of sand substrate as I have plenty. Plastic plants and real plant that grows quickly (something hog. I cant remember the name) that I had in my tropical tank before, coconut hides and a couple of ornaments...
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    New newt set up

    I set this up today for a pair of babies. It needs damping down but dont want to do it early and it going mouldy. [/URL][/IMG] I hope this image work out. I am having trouble loading photobucket on my laptop as it takes ages just to open a folder. I hope the set up is ok. Small, but it will...
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    Back again.

    Hi all. I have not been on here for a while. I did have an axy but that was 4 years ago. I am thinking of finally getting a couple of fire belly newts. I have three blue lobsters (crayfish) which are growing well. I also have some mollies in the tank. I have had a few tanks with tropical fish...
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    Tank lower temp

    I have fitted 2 computer fans to the lid of Lotty's tank. One is blowing inwards and the other is blowing outwards. The temp at first (before fans fitted) was 22'C and now 4 hoursafter fitting, it is 19'C. Is this temp still too high ?. I have been looking through the forum and found the idea...
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    This is lotty.

    Here are a few pics of Lotty.
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    with axolotls would I basically have to keep buying and buying new axolotls to prevent inbred breeding which costs a lot of money??
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  • Clareclare:
    Would Chinese fire belly newts be more or less inclined towards an aquatic eft set up versus Japanese . I'm raising them and have abandoned the terrarium at about 5 months old and switched to the aquatic setups you describe. I'm wondering if I could do this as soon as they morph?
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