Cynops cyanurus setup

[Willlis]

Here are some pictures of my first attempt at a full fledged Cynops cyanurus setup. I was doing a water change and decided to take some pictures. I would love to get your thoughts. Obviously its going to take some time before the plants fill in some more but I think its fun to watch that happen. The tank is only a week old. The newts seem to approve.

 

[Scorpion]

It looks very nice.

 

[mroblivion1]

Wow! Looks good! It looks similar to a shrimp setup i had, but with a full tank and no wood!

 

[Molch]

nice, but I would add many more plants. You could use floaters such as Elodea or hornwort. The newts will love it and it will help prevent algae outbreaks

 

[Willlis]

If you look in the bottom right corner you will see some elodea sp. but I agree I need to pick up some more plants still. Added some cuttings from an amazon sword tonight and did some changes. I'll post a new picture soon.

 

[Willlis]

Well they started laying eggs. I found about 10 in the cage tonight, just not sure if I want to pull and raise them right now. I still have a good 25+ N. kaiseri larvae going plus my I. alpestris look like they are going to lay and I'm still holding out hope for the Tylos. Too many newt babies!

 

[Coastal Groovin]

If you look in the bottom right corner you will see some elodea sp. but I agree I need to pick up some more plants still. Added some cuttings from an amazon sword tonight and did some changes. I'll post a new picture soon.

Looks like the native stuff. Elodea canadensis

 

[Willlis]

Yes it is the native stuff thanks.

Thought maybe I should put up a FTS, though I really should have cleaned the glass. Oh well I'll try again sometime.

 

[Niels D]

Haha, too many newt babies. Hope they don't have guns in their hands this time.

See you've addes some Pistia stratiotes. Really love those. Congratulations with the eggs!