Any Advice?

[jennifer]

Hi! I'm going to the store tonight to buy the set up stuff for a newt (im going to do a 1/2 water, 1/2 land), and this is what I have on my list so far:
10 gallon tank
gravel&sand
filter
aquarium sealer and divider
plants
small light

Then over the weekend, I am going to go get a newt and food, after the tank has run for a few days. Is there anything else that i would need? Are there any suggestions as this is my first newt. Anything would be helpfull. Please either post here, or email me at o0o_pryncess_penguin_o0o@yahoo.com Thank you.

Jennifer

 

[han]

Hi!!

a newt??
you better first decide what kind of newt you would like to take care of (some are easier to take care of than others); collect information; read, read, read......

Han.

 

[jennifer]

Depending on the kind of newt, using a divider may be more trouble than it is worth. It may be simpler to have a rock breaking the surface or a floating corkbark as the island. The gravel should be a size that cannot be swallowed. The MOST IMPORTANT part of the setup is an escape-proof lid! Here's some reading:
http://members.cox.net/jpmacke/design.htm
http://www.caudata.org/caudatecentral/FAQ.html
http://www.caudata.org/caudatecentral/articles/filters.html

 

[erik]

Yeah, I once had the mound of gravel as a land surface and it annoyed the hell out of me. It was a pain to clean. I have a floating lillypad now, a good six inches of water, with about 2 inches of gravel at the bottom (soon to be lowered to maybe a half inch) for my t. granulosa. (S)he seems to like this setup a lot more.

 

[jennifer]

Thank you Jennewt for those sites. They really helped